Indeed, dementia is often associated with old age, as the condition commonly affects older adults. But there is one type of ...

Middle-aged adults with biological signs of poor heart health are more likely to go on to be diagnosed with dementia in later ...

There are currently estimated to be 982,000 people with dementia in the UK, but more than a third of people with the ...

People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by University College London researchers.

About 42% of adults over 55 will develop dementia eventually, according to the National Institutes of Health. Yet for such a common phenomenon, it's very little understood. "There's still a lot of ...

Researchers found that living in a socioeconomically deprived neighborhood can harm brain health as early as midlife.

Living in a run-down area really does increase the risk of dementia - even for the well off, according to a new study. Cambridge University researchers found that living in a disadvantaged ...

A reader is unsure how to proceed after a longtime family friend, one who has helped care for her aging father, chewed her out over the phone.

Cambridge researchers have discovered why living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may be linked to an increase in an ...

As the number of people older than 80 increases to become the nation’s fastest-growing segment of the population, so will ...

Dementia, the slow and progressive decline, can be debilitating not only for the person suffering but also for their families ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Bryan Frederick Jennings. Jennings was convicted of the 1979 kidnapping, rape, and murder of a 6-year-old girl. The execution is scheduled for ...