The symptoms can be debilitating and the ripples of dementia’s impact can be felt throughout families and communities. While we know that there are ways to identify and prevent dementia, it can all ...

With the global surge in dementia numbers, the link between nutrition and cognitive health has never been more important to ...

As the global population ages, the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s continues to rise. However, emerging research highlights the potential role of dietary ...

Dementia risk is lowest in people who have healthy behaviours in mid-life (aged 40–65). No single behaviour is guaranteed to prevent dementia, and some are more easy to change than others. Doing ...

Worldwide, 47.5 million people live with dementia, including Alzheimer’s, and more than 400,000 Canadians over 65 currently live with brain disease. As our population ages, the number of ...

Scientists for years have been researching possible ways of preventing the onset of Alzheimer's later in life. A new study suggests that a common kitchen ingredient could be the key to stopping ...

“This research is taking promising steps towards a new one-of-a-kind therapy which targets tau, a damaging protein in the ...

Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a group of brain disorders that include memory loss and other thinking and ...

RESEARCHERS have developed a drug that successfully blocks two major Alzheimer’s disease “hotspots” at once, in a “promising” breakthrough against the brain robbing ...

However, excess inflammation can start attacking healthy cells too, which is thought to be a key driver of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr Zelek’s research aims to develop new drug treatments which stop this ...

Dementia’s medical horizon shows some promising ... Opportunities to make changes will stop when the patient has lost the capacity to execute new documents. Ensuring the estate plan represents ...