Grandparents who regularly care for their grandchildren are at a reduced risk of dementia, according to new research.

A groundbreaking study of 1.2 million veterans reveals your home state dramatically impacts dementia risk. Southeast ...

“Being overweight, you automatically have 10 of the 11 risk factors, because being overweight lowers blood flow, accelerates ...

Because dementia has a preclinical period that could span up to 20 years, the study may include some degree of reverse causality, Ward and co-authors acknowledged.

At Cleveland's Ward 7's community meeting, residents met new director of Public Works John Laird in his first week on the job.

Some dementia patients present with severe behavioural symptoms, requiring specialist care. But New Zealand has a severe ...

Eating a handful of one specific snack each day can help ward off dementia A new study has found that by eating a certain amount of nuts daily, you can reduce your risk of dementia by as much as 12% ...

Placing physically and sexually aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards is both unsafe and unethical, a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led paper argues.

A Tyneside hospital is consulting on plans which could see a dementia ward closed and with it 24 beds. Bosses at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead are understood to have told staff about a ...

A curious nature may help people ward off dementia, suggests new research. Curiosity could help you stay sharp as you grow older, say scientists. The study by an international team of ...

Hariom Yadav, Ph.D., can't get a particular cocktail off his mind—especially because our aging population potentially could benefit from the benefits for brain health that this punch may pack.