One of the most common early signs of dementia is short-term memory loss—as is forgetting important dates or events, repeating questions over and over, and an increasing need to rely on reminder notes ...

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When someone with dementia loses their ability to have empathy, caring for them can become isolating and fraught, research ...

The lifetime risk of dementia after age 55 is about 42% — more than double the risk reported by earlier studies, and one that puts greater urgency on the need to mitigate addressable health ...

Spotting the early signs of dementia is vitally important, according to experts. It allows families and the medical services to take preventative action which can actually stave off some of the ...

Teenagers should be considering their dementia risk, academics say, after a new study suggested having an unhealthy childhood could affect the brain in later life. A child’s body mass index (BMI ...

Affecting millions of people and their families, dementia is an increasing global health issue. Timeliness of intervention, better management, and enhanced quality of life for individuals impacted ...

These may include reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, maintaining skin health, promoting weight loss, and even reducing the risk of dementia. A new study, from Japan, provides further ...

While this subjective assessment does not measure dementia specifically, it measures memory problems and is “very sensitive,” says Wang, often detecting signs of cognitive decline earlier than ...

The study, involving over 133,000 participants, found a 13% higher dementia risk with higher processed meat intake. Cognitive aging was accelerated by 1.6 years per daily serving of processed meat.