According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known. The discovery deepens understanding of…
When assistant professor of communication Amanda Cooper was in graduate school, her grandparents began to decline. She watched her large family, comprising of her father,…
A new way of thinking about Alzheimer’s disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s…
It may start with forgetfulness, lapses in memory and confusion.
As the U.S. population ages and dementia cases rise, many people are asking whether it is possible to prevent this devastating disease. According to a…
As the global population ages, the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to…
Older adults are quite aware of their financial abilities—and these abilities actually improve with age—that is, until dementia sets in, according to new research from…
People who are at higher risk for heart disease also seem more likely to develop dementia. And research led by The University of Texas Health…
New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in their lifetime compared to women.
A new study has found that depression is linked to an increased risk of dementia in both mid and later life.