Dementia is a group of brain disorders that cause a decline in cognitive functions like memory and thinking. While some cognitive decline is a natural part of aging, dementia is an extreme version ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been framed as a one‑way slide, a slow erasure of memory that medicine could at best ...

"I just know that my brain's not right," said Carrie Richardson, 44. "And so, I hate it. I just want it to be normal." At 41, Carrie developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The condition is caused ...

The experimental drug lecanemab shows "potential" as an Alzheimer's disease treatment, according to new Phase 3 trial results, but the findings raise some safety concerns because of its association ...

A sweeping 43-year study of more than 130,000 people found that moderate coffee and tea drinkers had a noticeably lower risk of dementia. But with researchers stressing that the link isn’t proof of ...

Stand at attention for an off-kilter sign of this particular kind of dementia. Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills, and the ...

A few years ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, just like his older brother and his mum before him. Slowly, his personality began to ebb away. Now, at the age of 75, his cognitive ...

Our team at the UK Dementia Research Institute’s Biomarker Factory at UCL are part of the global effort working to develop ...

Doctors working with patients with Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia must ask: Who will take part in your care?

Nearly 7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s and by 2060, experts say that number could be as high as 14 million. Scientists are trying to find out how one man has been able to stave off ...