Current smoking was linked to a higher risk for all-cause dementia, especially vascular dementia, with the strongest effects seen in those younger than 85 years and women. It was not significantly ...
A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...
MSU medical student Kaylin Burton moved into an assisted living facility with dementia patients to learn how to help them. She found a new family.
But for Emma Heming, the wife of legendary actor Bruce Willis, the holidays have turned into a different uphill battle for ...
Grief is often associated with death, says Paul Rado, 71, of La Plata County. But as he cares for his wife Jackie, 77, who has Alzheimer’s disease, he’s experiencing another kind of grief. “Ambiguous ...
Based in the West Austin area, Memory Caregiver Academy of Austin has spent four years training local high school students how to care for people with dementia. With an average of 30 students a year, ...
High-fat cream showed a similar pattern. People who consumed about one to two tablespoons of full-fat cream per day had a 16 ...
Millions of people in the United States are affected by Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). These are both ...
Health professionals and community members recently gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald ...
About 1 in 10 adults aged 70 or older may be eligible for anti-amyloid therapy, finds the first population-based study to use ...
Dementia is a symptom found in many diseases of the brain. Memory loss is the most common symptom, particularly the struggle ...
Emergency LifeLine West offers several tracking devices to locate people with dementia, including watches and pendants.