Most people know which foods to avoid for a healthy heart. Yet, do you often think about the foods you eat and how they ...

A 15-year study sheds light on which eating patterns could help protect you from chronic diseases — or do the opposite.

A retired nurse has called for a hospital ward, which specialised in the care of elderly patients with dementia, to be reopened. Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust recently closed ward 23 at the ...

Burnt out staff working in a ward where elderly patients and workers are routinely subjected to horrific violence say they’ve ...

A few years ago, Janice Rogers of Belchertown, Mass., made a decision many adult children dread. Her mother, Rita, was then 91, living alone in her mobile home, and her health was going downhill. "I ...

Research has shown that the vaccine may reduce dementia risk. Now a study has found that vaccinated individuals are almost 30 ...

Dementia looms as a concern for many as they age, impacting memory and cognitive abilities. Its unpredictability underscores the importance of proactive steps to preserve mental acuity. While a ...

Signs of frailty may signal future dementia more than a decade before cognitive symptoms occur, in new findings that may provide a potential opportunity to identify high-risk populations for targeted ...

Frailty was tied to a higher risk of future dementia in older adults. Trajectories rose more rapidly 4 to 9 years before dementia onset. The analysis included 30,000 participants in the U.S. and U.K.

Heart disease, strokes and other serious health conditions that affect the circulatory system or brain have long been thought to contribute to an increased risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s ...