Cognitive decline may increase an older person's risk for a fall, while the trauma that follows a fall may also speed up ...

Behind the white picket fence of a weatherboard home in Hawthorn in Melbourne’s inner east, Luke Campbell was asleep on his ...

From the April 2015 issue of our magazine, carers' input makes a big difference ... The vast majority of these patients are not in hospital because of their dementia, yet their dementia must be taken ...

[15] Naming is typically impaired in dementia ... aloud can be tested by having the patient read aloud either a standardized paragraph or one from a magazine. Reading of single words should ...

Dementia is one of the most devastating illnesses you’re likely to get. How likely? According to the World Health Organization, 55 million people worldwide currently have some form of dementia. In the ...

From a 2012 issue of our Dementia Together magazine, find out how one man rebuilt his life ... we've found someone prepared to teach people with dementia. She's very good and patient, and we've talked ...

A specific class of diabetes drug appears to lower people's risk for dementia and Parkinson's disease ... mastectomy radiation doesn't jeopardize a patient's chances of successful breast ...

Dancing With the Stars alum Maks Chmerkovskiy gave an emotional update on his grandmother’s health amid her battle with dementia. “Just got to spend some time with my grandma,” Chmerkovskiy ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on helping someone with a disability carry out a civic responsibility. By Kwame Anthony Appiah My grandma has relatively advanced Alzheimer’s disease and ...

However, my recent ritual -- borne of a discovery that using navigational apps has been linked to higher rates of dementia-- is making ... scientists in Neurology magazine, involved accumulating ...

Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer revealed he has been diagnosed with dementia — and cited another former QB’s recent health admission in his announcement. “With Brett Favre ...