It’s understandable to be nervous about dementia if you or someone you love is suddenly forgetting important names and dates.

Depression in middle age has previously been linked to an increased risk of dementia. But this relationship appears to be driven by a small cluster of six specific symptoms, rather than by depression ...

Researchers looked at 30 depression symptoms in middle-aged people to see if any were associated with dementia later in life. They found six that stood out. A recent study linked certain symptoms of ...

We’ve long known of the link between depression and dementia. Now, a new study pinpoints six depressive symptoms in middle age that can predict dementia more than two decades later. Dementia diagnoses ...

Six particular depressive symptoms when experienced in midlife predict dementia risk more than two decades later, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers. Midlife ...

Wendy Williams’ conservatorship case is entering a new phase after her attorney publicly disputed the medical diagnosis that helped place the former talk show host under court supervision. During a ...

Wendy Williams' attorney has denied her frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and aphasia diagnosis, conditions the former talk show host was allegedly diagnosed with two years ago. Attorney Joe Tacopina ...

Wendy Williams' attorney says she could be out of her court-appointed conservatorship "by year's end" because she allegedly does not have frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. In a Dec. 9 segment on ...

There’s new progress in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. About 1 in 9 US seniors has Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, which slowly impairs memory, thinking skills and the ability ...

Here’s what to know about the other main types and how they affect the brain. By Dana G. Smith Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In ...

It happens. You’re mid-sentence when you realize you totally forgot what you’re saying, or you’re driving to work—on a route you’ve traveled 100 times—but you take a wrong turn. The truth is that ...