The National Institute on Aging defines dementia as “the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life ...

The study observed that when diagnosed with dementia at the age of 65, a person’s 13 years of life was cut, but when diagnosed at the age of 85, their life expectancy was cut down by only two years.

Vascular dementia has been traditionally recognized as the second most common cause of dementia; however, in recent years dementia with Lewy bodies also has been acknowledged in that second ranking.

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over 2 years, respectively, in men, finds a ...

Patients who also have Type 2 diabetes may be advised to reduce or discontinue insulin, said senior author Sei Lee, MD, professor in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF and senior scholar for the of ...

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over 2 years, respectively, in men, finds a ...

The study noted that vascular risk factors contributed to only 2–8% of dementia cases that developed after age 80 — a finding the researchers say highlights the importance of earlier intervention.

Because vascular dementia shares many of the same risk factors as a heart attack and stroke, in many cases, the person’s death will be caused by a stroke or heart attack.