While lifesaving vaccines face a relentless onslaught from the Trump administration—with fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert ...

Many people ignore symptoms of hearing loss, but left untreated, it can increase both mental strain and dementia risk.

Nursing homes and senior communities here have embraced simple, science-backed innovations to improve the lives of older ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training—in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer screen ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

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

New research breaks it down.

Participants with three or more cerebral microbleeds of any pattern also had an increased risk of dementia (HR 1.92, 95% CI 1.35-2.72), as did peers with at least two subcortical microbleeds, ...

A total of 56.2% of Danish patients with dementia experienced polypharmacy — using five or more prescription drugs, according to a February study published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy.

Older Medicare patients with dementia are less likely to receive high-quality home healthcare than those without dementia, with significant variations in the quality of care for dementia patients ...

Surviving cancer at a young age may come with an unexpected cost: faster aging at both the cellular and brain levels. Researchers found that survivors often show signs of being biologically older than ...