Diabetes can also weaken the brain’s protective barrier, letting harmful substances in. This leads to inflammation. Reduced ...

Alzheimer’s disease has become one of the most urgent health challenges of the century. In the United States alone, one in ...

Earpiece microphones could be used to listen for early signs of dementia, according to new research. The in-ear technology ...

Understanding the strategies and unmet needs of caregivers managing medications for people with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias may improve the lives of both caregivers and patients. A recent ...

Study author Edward Lee, MD, PhD, co-director of Penn's Institute on Aging, told Newsweek in an email that there is "good evidence" that dementia has been decreasing in modern society, suggesting that ...

When patients are diagnosed with dementia, medical costs increase by thousands of dollars, while families lose thousands as ...

The Texas House on Wednesday passed a Senate bill that would create a $3 billion Texas research fund for dementia, but another measure to activate the funding for it could face obstacles in the ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Senators passed legislation Wednesday toward creating the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), an initiative that will infuse $3 billion of state money ...

This month is World Alzheimer’s Month – a global campaign held every September to raise awareness and challenge the stigma ...

The National Institutes of Health reversed its termination of a $36 million grant to a UC Davis researcher studying dementia a day after CalMatters wrote about the canceled grant and the researcher ...