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

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were less likely among adults who completed cognitive speed training with booster sessions, according to data published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: ...

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 ...

I received an offer to ask a few questions of dementia expert John DenBoer who is behind a Netflix documentary on dementia premiering Thursday (April 11) at a venue in Phoenix before starting on ...

Communication remains a challenge in the progression of dementia. Individuals with dementia-related disorders have difficulties using words and language as well as understanding and comprehending what ...

A dementia diagnosis usually starts with a family member noticing that something isn’t quite right: a partner becoming forgetful, a normally placid parent losing their temper more often. From there, ...

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

IN A TWO-STOREY building in a suburb of Tokyo, eight old people are sitting around tables in a spotless living room with a kitchenette attached. They are enjoying a quiz game, which entails shouting ...