A WORD on the tip of the tongue or a forgotten birthday – everyone has occasional memory blanks. While forgetting things ...

DEVELOPING dementia at any age is a devastating prospect. The condition, often described as robbing people of their ability ...

It’s easy to view cognitive decline as an inevitable slide that we are powerless to fight. But knowing the early signs - ...

Neurologists hope this tongue-in-cheek study will spark serious conversations about AI's limitations and the benefits of a human touch in medicine.

Declining blood levels of two molecules that occur naturally in the body track closely with worsening Alzheimer's disease, particularly in women. Levels were found to drop gradually, from women with ...

Declining blood levels of two molecules that occur naturally in the body track closely with worsening Alzheimer's disease, ...

A survey involving 500 individuals who have a relative or loved one living with dementia has revealed the most common symptoms people often mistake for ageing. Interestingly, four in ten confessed ...

“Prolonged sleep duration may be a marker of early neurodegeneration and hence a useful clinical tool to identify those at a ...

Dementia is a scary, but common disease that affects more than 944,000 people in the UK. However, the early signs of dementia are often mistaken for old age, a new study has found. Six in 10 adults ...

Now, researchers are looking at a different avenue: the ears. They aim to spot signs of cognitive impairment early by ...

A new poll has found as many as six in 10 adults put early signs of dementia down to old age - rather than the condition itself - but a simple test could help tell the difference between the two.