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

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

Dear Carol: My mother, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, repeats the same question multiple times an hour. I know that’s typical behavior with Alzheimer’s, but it’s driving me nuts. I start out ...

“People with Alzheimer’s dementia tend to maintain their social graces until relatively late in the disease,” Duxbury said. “They can make small talk and be polite and sit next to someone and ...

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A large, 20-year trial showed that speedy cognitive exercises could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The question is, could these tasks be adapted into video games?

As cracks in the body’s barriers develop, toxic invaders can slip through.

PHILADELPHIA - Contrary to what researchers expected, placing a loved one with dementia in a nursing home does not make caregivers feel better. In fact, most were just as depressed and anxious after ...