The 90-year-old has been placed in a care facility due to the progression of his condition ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease develops, and a decades-old drug could be the key to stopping the condition in its tracks. It is well established that ...

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

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

(CNN) — The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia. Shingles, caused by ...

As Alzheimer’s erased decades of shared history, one Bay Area couple found that emotional connection and commitment could still endure.

Dementia is a group of diseases that involve having trouble with memory, thinking, reasoning and other brain functions. It is often associated with "neurodegeneration," meaning processes that destroy ...

Frontotemporal dementia is a brain disease that affects the parts of your brain responsible for behavior, speech and memory. “Frontotemporal” stems from the names frontal and temporal lobes, which are ...