The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from nine years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for ...

Dementia reduces life expectancy by about 2 years for those diagnosed at age 85, 3 to 4 years for those diagnosed at 80, and ...

Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to ...

Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains both a physician guide and a downloadable/printable patient ...

Furthermore, some of the earliest symptoms may not be related to memory and can vary greatly from person to person. Early ...

Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study. Although DLB is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia following Alzheimer's ...

Learn how long men and women tend to live after a dementia diagnosis and why the time of nursing home admission is a crucial ...

It can be easy to mistake some signs of dementia for old age. These are the early signs of the disease you need to look out ...

The Alzheimer’s Association has updated its guidelines for diagnosing dementia, leaving them broad but giving room to integrate new and upcoming developments in dementia diagnosis.