Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to ...

A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia ...

Learn how long men and women tend to live after a dementia diagnosis and why the time of nursing home admission is a crucial ...

With its visual interface and constant updates, the social web is a nightmare for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of ...

It can be easy to mistake some signs of dementia for old age. These are the early signs of the disease you need to look out ...

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women ...

When we think about dementia, we often think of a person experiencing memory loss and confusion. While it’s true that these ...

To ward off dementia, older adults may want to spend more time reading, praying, crafting, listening to music and engaging in ...

Vitamin D also helps clear beta amyloid, a protein that plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease, Merrill points out. This is “the ...

Studies show that being physically active can help lower your risk of dementia. “Daily physical exercise—such as 20-30 ...

Bridgette Milam shared a compilation of the call-and-response her grandmother, Dorothy, and her husband, Merv, had that ...