Roughly 37% of new dementia cases in older Americans may be linked to diseases that begin outside the brain, according to a massive Medicare analysis of 20.8 m beneficiaries. That figure, known as the ...

Scientists discover aloe vera compound could offer breakthrough Alzheimer's treatment. Beta sitosterol shows promising results in computer simulations.

As dementia cases continue to rise in the United States, new research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health ...

Some forms of dementia may not be confined to the central nervous system; they may not even begin in the brain.

Intellectual enrichment throughout the lifespan tied to higher cognitive function ...

In 2020, as many as 5.8 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)—a number projected to nearly triple to 14 million people by 2060. 1 As changes in the brain can begin years before ...

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

A new type of dementia is on the rise. It is called LATE dementia, affecting about a third of people aged 85 years or older.

In a decades-long observational study of nearly 132,000 people, individuals who drank two to three cups of coffee or one to ...

The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive exercises, called speed training, lowered their risk of developing dementia by 25%. Scientists put participants through the speed ...

The legislation may be getting a boost by the revelation that a state senator is struggling with mental decline.