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

Unequal access to palliative care and weaknesses in safeguards around assisted dying are compromising the patient autonomy ...

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Nancy Blaik, who has died aged 88, was a prolific charity volunteer and a driving force behind the creation of Scotland's first children's ...

The National Institutes of Health for decades has been our vehicle for alleviating suffering. Its work has saved millions of ...

Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP Liz Saville Roberts has explained why she supports a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

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Rochester police have charged a Rochester man in connection with the beating death of an elderly neighbor with dementia. Peter Scott, 35, of Rochester, was charged with first-degree manslaughter ...

The researchers also examined the relationship between the classifications (functional subtypes) and prognosis, including outcomes such as death, hospitalization, admission to long-term care ...

New cases of dementia in the United States declined from 2015 to 2021, but the number of people living with the condition continued to rise due to population aging, with nearly 2.9 million ...

Diphenhydramine, a common antihistamine found in over-the-counter allergy and sleeping medications, may increase users' risk for dementia when taken daily over a prolonged period. Experts say the ...