Dementia, affecting millions worldwide, isn’t a single condition but rather an umbrella term encompassing various disorders that impair cognitive function, memory, and everyday capabilities. Each type ...

Doctors are only just getting to grips with LATE – a newly recognised form of cognitive decline behind up to one in five ...

Alzheimer’s disease dominates public awareness of dementia, but it is far from the only form. Vascular and less typical ...

An expert has shed light on the question of whether cognitive decline can be inherited, at a time when over six million Americans are living with dementia. Dr Kellyn Lee, a research fellow and ...

A new study highlights surprising dementia symptoms. Dementia often affects memory, thinking, behavior and daily functioning — now, a new case study reveals a novel symptom that shouldn’t be ...

Rochester, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps clinicians identify brain activity patterns linked to nine types of dementia, including ...

All-cause mortality risk was over six times higher for people with young-onset dementia versus controls. Median survival was 8.7 years, but varied by clinical type. People with young-onset ...

Dear Carol: My mother is 96. She was quite sharp into her 90s, but since then, her condition has gradually deteriorated to where she lives contently in her own little world. My brother likes ...