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 ...

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.

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 ...

The risk of developing dementia increases with age. fizkes – stock.adobe.com The research team analyzed three years of health records from 1.7 million Americans with type 2 diabetes across the US.

Dementia is frequently associated with negative assumptions concerning loss of memory and independence. But a new study has found that contrary to commonly held beliefs, it is possible for people ...

What does cause dementia and Alzheimer's? Alzheimer's drug dropped: Biogen ditches Aduhelm, an Alzheimer's drug that was approved amid controversy Scientists have been working for years to get to ...

Nearly 7 million people were living with dementia in the U.S. in 2023, according to the CDC, along with more than 900,000 people in the U.K.

Patients with dementia also tended to stay at the hospital for about a day longer and incurred more than $55,000 in costs compared with about $48,000 among those without dementia.

A plot of life expectancy after dementia diagnosis, broken down by age group and region. University of Waterloo With this initial study complete, Luo says that she is planning to look at the ...