A key limitation in the review, which was implied but not highlighted by Savva and colleagues, 6 was the criteria used to define dementia. Most studies used the third revision (revised) of the ...

Many people believe that dementia is just when you forget things, but it is a lot more than that. It not only affects your ...

I remember the first time I was on stage and scrambled my words. If my lines in a play were supposed to be "Sherwin-Williams, ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UPI) --People with Parkinson's disease fear developing dementia, but their risk may be less than once believed, or it could strike later than expected in the movement disorder's ...

People with untreated high blood pressure have shown an increased risk of Alzheimer’s. The study author explains why treating high blood pressure is a "crucial factor" in reducing dementia risk.

Arizona is implementing its first-ever dementia care standards for assisted living. Provider groups are lamenting the lack of extra funding.

Joan Presky worries about dementia. Her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years, the last seven in a memory-care residence, and her maternal grandfather developed dementia, too.

In an Oxnard conference Thursday, the physician who helps lead a care movement asked people not to define dementia as a disease that can be treated with medication designed to alter behavior.

Try thinking of dementia differently, Dr. G. Allen Power urged nursing home leaders, professional caregivers and people who help spouses diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In an Oxnard conference ...

Most medical experts define dementia as a collection of symptoms—such as life-impairing loss of memory, language and other cognitive functions—that stem from the degradation of brain cells.

Dementia — the progressive decline in thinking, remembering and reasoning skills — affects about one in 10 Americans 65 and older. The neurocognitive disorder accounts for more than 100,000 ...

Improved recognition of dementia as a major non-communicable disease by multilateral organizations is crucial, to build awareness and increase funding to tackle this insidious illness.