Dementia research focuses on understanding how the condition works, why it develops, and how it might be treated. Importantly, there is also a focus on how we can improve the lives of people with ...

Background People with dementia frequently experience sleep disturbances. These can include reduced sleep at night, frequent wakening, wandering at night, and sleeping excessively during the day.

What causes repetition in people with dementia? Repetition may be because of memory loss. The person might not be able to remember what they’ve done or said, or the answer they received to a question.

Difficult questions a person with dementia might ask and how to respond Asking for a partner, friend or relative who has died If they are asking for a partner, relative or friend who has died, telling ...

These tests can help sort out vascular dementia from other types of dementia and Alzheimer disease. Lumbar puncture (Spinal tap). This is done to analyze cerebrospinal fluid for inflammation, ...

The Die Hard star was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia shortly thereafter. “Bruce’s condition has progressed, and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” ...

Fred Trump III is the nephew of US President Donald Trump and son of Fred Trump Jr. He has raised concerns about his uncle’s mental health, stressing that there’s a troubled history of dementia in the ...

How eating strawberries each day could help keep dementia at bay By PAT HAGAN Published: 19:50 EDT, 21 June 2025 | Updated: 19:51 EDT, 21 June 2025 ...

Dementia represents multiple diseases rather than a single condition, encompassing Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Older adults who consume sweetened drinks do not appear to increase their risk of developing dementia, according to a comprehensive new study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Asha Kasliwal, a consultant at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, said that it was difficult for sufferers to recognise the symptoms and talk about it with family, friends or colleagues ...