His sentence was halved on appeal and he was released from open prison after serving only 10 months when the Court of Appeal accepted doctors' advice that he was suffering from pre-senile dementia.

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 ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE – The number of dementia cases is rising worldwide as more people live longer. Each year, 10 million new cases of dementia are reported worldwide, with the number expected to hit 78 ...

In some types of dementia, like frontotemporal, changes to behaviour such as a loss of empathy and sense of humour, or becoming angry, can be signs too. The NHS recommends keeping a diary of ...

"When you mention anything about dementia, everyone is interested," he says wryly. "It's a thing that we are all engaged with, and it's a thing that scares a lot of people." But Kiernan believes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Francisco Lopera defied rebels, cartels and vampire bats to become a pioneering researcher of Alzheimer’s disease. By Jennie Erin Smith Jennie Erin Smith is a freelance science writer.

Trevino, who suffers from dementia, was last seen at 12:57 p.m. on the second floor of Macy’s at the Glendale Galleria. Authorities with the Glendale Police Department said she was walking ...

There are over 20,000 people with dementia in Northern Ireland. People with dementia here are more likely to get a diagnosis than anywhere else in the UK, but there is still a huge amount to do to ...