There may be multiple reasons for this, says Dr. Ertekin-Taner: One of them is that the brain needs healthy vasculature to ...

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A small but growing number are taking it to manage their dementia symptoms. Doctors who prescribe cannabis to dementia patients say it can alleviate anxiety, agitation and pain, and improve sleep ...

Covington Police are searching for a missing man who has dementia, the department said Thursday afternoon.Police said John Fig, 78, was last seen on Nov. 8, when he was dropped off at Brent Spence ...

Ann Lange was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015, but with the help of clinical trials her disease has not progressed past ...

But it is also possible that some drugs used to treat cancer could be lowering the risk of dementia. For instance, drug treatment called molecular targeted therapy (which acts on particular ...

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People may need treatment for depression as a separate disorder. Doctors occasionally misdiagnose depressed older adults as having Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia. Alzheimer’s ...

or even dementia. He explains that alcohol indiscriminately impairs brain function as it is a "very weak neurotoxin" that disrupts neuron communication. Restak emphasises the importance of ...

Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...

While dementia currently has no cure, there are treatment options that can help manage memory loss and other symptoms. Understanding these options can help people with dementia and their ...