Dementia is a group of brain disorders that cause a decline in cognitive functions like memory and thinking. While some cognitive decline is a natural part of aging, dementia is an extreme version ...

Stand at attention for an off-kilter sign of this particular kind of dementia. Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills, and the ...

Professional soccer players and American football stars are at much greater risk of developing dementia. What can we do to help them?

Frontotemporal dementia is a rare type of the illness that leads to problems with mental abilities caused by gradual changes ...

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And those who experienced peak activity later in the afternoon — from 2:15 p.m. onward — had a 45% higher risk of dementia ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, there’s another variation that is also relatively prevalent. Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than 1 million people in the US. It is ...

Routine vaccinations offered to adults may help protect against dementia, recent research has shown.

The shingles vaccine may offer a protective effect against developing dementia, as well as “therapeutic potential” for those ...

Patients with retinal vascular occlusion had an elevated risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, new research shows.