Hearing loss and dementia affect millions of people worldwide. But headlines describing hearing loss as the "leading midlife risk factor" for dementia can be misleading. They often oversimplify ...

Receiving a diagnosis of dementia can be a deeply emotional moment for both the person diagnosed and the people who care about them. Many families feel worried, confused, and uncertain about what the ...

For an estimated 11% of Americans over age 65 who have dementia and the over 11 million unpaid caregivers supporting them, there is no instruction manual for navigating life after diagnosis. A team of ...

Nearly half of dementia cases may be influenced by modifiable factors like smoking, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure.

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January 18, 2008 — A new study by British researchers finds that on average, people who are diagnosed with incident dementia survive for a median of 4.5 years, but survival varied between 10.7 and 3.8 ...

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Dementia remains one of the world’s most pressing public health issues. In 2019, an estimated 57 million people were living ...

“It engages multiple brain areas at once, acting like a full-brain workout,” experts say.

Frontotemporal dementia is a brain disease that affects the parts of your brain responsible for behavior, speech and memory. “Frontotemporal” stems from the names frontal and temporal lobes, which are ...