The current law around Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) does not allow its application in dementia, which can impact a person ...

Football is facing a new parliamentary inquiry into the sport’s dementia crisis, with the Football Association told to “hang ...

In the ever-evolving field of Alzheimer's disease research, the development of disease-modifying therapies has sparked both ...

Misconceptions about dementia are rising, with 80 per cent of the public and 65 per cent of healthcare professionals ...

In the months after my partner, Alex, was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, more than one person advised me to “save” myself. What they meant was that I should move Alex into an assisted-living ...

The Football Association (FA) has come under fire after attempting to prevent a coroner from investigating the link between ...

Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new ...

It took 19 years for the symptoms to emerge. Tom Beyrer, who served for six months as a police officer at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, was 65 when his ...

Some evidence suggests melatonin may help improve sleep-wake cycles, sundowning symptoms, and cognitive performance in people with dementia, but more research is necessary. Melatonin is a hormone ...

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has said it estimates that about 267,700 people are living with dementia in the community, which represents almost 70 per cent of people with the ...

The study argues that given the high level of risk associated with dementia, particularly in terms of health-span, there may be a need to reconsider this protective stance. "Dementia is a horrible ...