Dementia research focuses on understanding how the condition works, why it develops, and how it might be treated. Importantly, there is also a focus on how we can improve the lives of people with ...

Patients with chronic kidney disease who had hypertension and diabetes and received insulin therapy showed a 35% lower risk for dementia, according to published data. “Research has shown CKD to ...

Dementia is not just an old age problem. It can affect younger people too. Young-onset dementia can occur before age 65. It is often misdiagnosed. Sym ...

If infection is associated with dementia, vaccination—which prepares the immune system to face microbial threats—appears to tip the scales in the opposite direction.

Problems sleeping could double the risk of developing dementia later in life, according to new research. Scientists have found that a diagnosis of a sleep disorder made people up to twice as ...

Rumer Willis has offered a sweet glimpse into her father Bruce Willis ' relationship with his granddaughter, little Louetta. In an interview with People, the star, 36, described about how ...

New research has identified markers for frontotemporal dementia, a disease that's difficult to diagnose. Here's what experts say you need to know.

New cases of dementia in the United States declined from 2015 to 2021, but the number of people living with the condition continued to rise due to population aging, with nearly 2.9 million ...

Dementia usually impacts older people, and it can be hard to recognize in middle age. Notably, frontotemporal dementia is often mistaken for depression, schizophrenia, or Parkinson’s disease.

But the condition will still have a huge impact on China in the meantime. “Dementia is one of the most expensive diseases in the world. It requires a lot of caregiving and treatment,” says Chen.

Researchers in a new Chinese study discovered that “intensive blood pressure control" resulted in a 15% reduced dementia risk among participants and a 16% reduced risk of cognitive impairment.

Treating high blood pressure for as little as four years can cut the risk of dementia by 15 percent, according to clinical a trial results published on Monday in Nature Medicine. In the ...