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A new resource is helping people with dementia speak to their doctors and health care professionals about their medicines with more confidence.

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As individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) move from the mild cognitive impairment stage to moderate and severe dementia, ...

The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has been chosen as one of about 40 sites to see how well benfotiamine can slow ...

Health experts say extreme cold is considered the deadliest form of weather, causing more fatalities than heat, floods or storms.

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

“It’s a common notion that only people with memory problems can be diagnosed with dementia, but behavioral changes or ...

A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice. For decades, researchers have ...

While all medications carry potential side effects, certain types have been shown to increase the risk of falls, confusion ...

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are devastating illnesses that affect many people. Several of us worry about our older relatives developing these conditions, and for good reason.

"We have never recovered,” Sophia Scott's father said of her diagnosis ...