As we approach a super-aged society, dementia, a representative degenerative brain disease, is emerging as a social problem.

If the conditions that cause vascular dementia go untreated, the prognosis is not good ... Untreated vascular dementia usually ends in death from stroke, heart disease, or infection.

Salt Lake City — Attorneys for a Utah man who's been on death row for 37 years sought ... should be spared execution because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies appeared at the hearing, reports ...

He’s also a board member of the Massachusetts Death with Dignity Committee ... If you're facing dementia, you can't rely on medical aid in dying because the definition of that [prognosis] is six ...

There were signs for years that something was wrong, and Jim Rogers's doctor put it down to stress. But when the 55-year-old ...

Understanding Dementia Prognosis The research team, based out of the Netherlands, aimed to gain a better understanding of dementia prognosis, or the likely course of the condition over time. To ...

The risk of death after surgery was elevated in people with dementia. In fact, the death rate for dementia patients within the first month of surgery was 13% compared to 6% in those without dementia.

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it. Irene Mekel, who seeks medical ...