A new study suggests people who take longer to enter the dream stage of the sleep cycle are more likely to develop dementia.

As the US population ages, the number of people diagnosed with dementia each year is projected to double – from about 514,000 cases in 2020 to about 1 million a year by 2060. Much of this trend ...

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD.

Overall, the lifetime dementia risk after age 55 was 35 percent for men and 48 percent for women, the researchers concluded. Women generally live longer than men, a main reason for that difference ...

People who take longer to get to the dreaming part of the sleep cycle are more likely to develop dementia, a new study suggests. Taking longer to enter the dream phase — known as rapid eye ...

Your optometrist could soon be your first line of defense against dementia. Data scientists and clinical researchers are working with opticians to develop a digital tool capable of detecting the ...

People are more concerned with looking after the health of their skin than they are their brain, according to new research.

Finally, she notes, “Very often, people with hearing loss tend to withdraw from social situations where they find it ...

Dementia is a devastating condition that can affect everything from your thinking to your personality. And while you can't always control your risk of developing the disease, new research finds ...