What is dementia? While Alzheimer’s is a specific disease and the most common cause of dementia, dementia is a broader, "umbrella term that describes a collection of cognitive, functional and ...

A new study warns that gabapentin can significantly increase the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in people taking it for chronic low back pain. ryanking999 – stock.adobe.com ...

This could be a hard pill to swallow. An unhealthy diet, chronic insomnia, obesity and certain genetics can raise your risk of dementia, which destroys your memory, thinking skills and capacity to ...

Experts say there are ways to reduce our risk of dementia, including diet and exercise, protecting against hearing loss, and maintaining social connections.

You’re not alone. Dementia can be scary. Understanding risk factors helps us take better steps to prevent it. Fortunately, new research highlights three key factors that matter more than we thought.

There is currently no known cure for dementia, as Xu notes. But up to half of all dementia cases might be preventable, and scientists have identified over a dozen modifiable risk factors that ...

Dementia risk could be lowered by doing this for 5 minutes a day: study A small amount of light exercise could mean a big health boost By Maureen Mackey Fox News Published February 23, 2025 4:47pm EST ...

People who follow a MIND diet, even if started later in life, were significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or related forms of dementia, according to new research.

“Normal" levels of vitamin B12 may not be enough to ward off dementia, according to researchers at University of California San Francisco. A neurosurgeon comments on the findings.

The dementia that is diagnosed at age 70 may begin around age 45. Research from our lab and others shows that silent build-up of brain plaques and mini-strokes begins years or even decades before ...

He and two other Duke researchers recently published a commentary in JAMA pointing out that the age-specific prevalence of dementia in this country had steadily declined for 40 years. “If your ...

Ms. Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and a chaplain, is the author of “On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear.” If you’ve heard about Molly Jong-Fast’s new ...