Dementia is a cognitive degenerative disease that is often not recognized as there aren’t many significant signs of it. Here ...

Dementia rates are higher in the Southeast and Northwest US regions compared to the Mid-Atlantic region, a new study shows.

After spending 30 minutes discussing the country’s dementia statistics, the minister politely stopped me mid-sentence — and asked whether I could define dementia.

As of 2022, almost 10% of U.S. adults aged 65 and over were found to have a form of dementia, reports Columbia University. And among people in their 90s, the rate of dementia rose to 35%.

I don’t want to get cancer. Stella K.: I’m really afraid of getting dementia. I mean, it just seems like a terrifying thing, and the older I get, the more afraid of it I am.

A county in southern Texas, near the US-Mexico border, is suffering from a bit of an epidemic. Starr County has emerged as a national hot spot — not for tourism or industry, but for having one ...

A new study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery reveals that hearing loss may be responsible for nearly one-third of dementia cases in older adults. Researchers found that up to ...

People with dementia sometimes get agitated and frustrated. New services provide a sort of Netflix for dementia, with videos designed for this population — leaving out confusing plots or jarring ...

A new blood test test could determine how far Alzheimer's has progressed and could also help confirm whether another condition is causing a person’s cognitive symptoms.

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.

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 ...

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.