Senior doctors say staff on general wards are being put in life-threatening situations because hospitals are pressuring them to admit physically and sexually aggressive older psychiatric patients.

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Diabetics are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than the general public. Could a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug also stave off dementia?

Dementia rates vary dramatically across U.S. regions in ways that can't be explained by age, education, or health conditions.

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Some dementia patients present with severe behavioural symptoms, requiring specialist care. But New Zealand has a severe ...

Research on lifestyle changes and the development of preventive approaches are presenting an opportunity.

Dr John Abroon, a board-certified primary care physician, has detailed the early symptoms of dementia to watch out for - and ...

Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California-San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, ...

Hidden inside budget reports for council areas across Scotland are new plans that will have a devastating effect on many of our country’s ...

While memory loss is commonly associated with dementia, research from the University of Chicago suggests that a significant ...