The earliest known case of dementia in UK may help scientists and doctors alike better understand the awful disease.

Levels of iron in the brain could be a warning sign of future Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. High levels of the chemical element have been shown to increase brain toxins and trigger ...

Faster MRI scans could help end the “postcode lottery” of dementia diagnosis by cutting costs and making the scans more widely available, a study has suggested. Brain scans help diagnose dementia ...

Menopause is linked to a loss of grey matter in regions involved with memory and emotion, study suggests.

Andre Yarham's family is hoping to help other people diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia by donating their son's brain for ...

Does it really take an expensive brain scan to diagnose Alzheimer's? Not everybody needs one but new research suggests that for a surprising number of patients whose memory problems are hard to pin ...

A new international study led by researchers from UNSW Sydney's Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) has developed the ...

Concerned about dementia risk? It may be time to shake up your exercise routine.

New research has found a link between the menopause and a reduction in brain grey matter. It is a finding that could shed ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic. They do not arrive as forgotten names or misplaced keys, but as changes so subtle they are almost impossible to notice: a slightly narrower ...