An international team of clinicians and researchers, led by the Center for Healthy Brain Aging's Professor Perminder Sachdev ...

Dementia, an umbrella term used to describe a range of neurological conditions affecting the brain that worsen over time, is ...

Mayo Clinic researchers report that chronic insomnia in older adults leads to a 40% higher dementia risk and accelerated ...

Every September 21 is World Alzheimer's Day, established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1995 with the Alzheimer's ...

At a recent symposium titled "Symposium on Dementia Prevention and Treatment in a Super-Aged Society and Future Response ...

Frontida’s forum in Oakleigh explored dementia’s personal, social and legal dimensions, stressing early diagnosis, care, ...

Usually affectionate, it was when Bruce Willis started to become indifferent to his family that his wife, Emma, started to ...

Australia’s dementia cases will soar past 1 million by 2065, with women most affected. Dementia remains the nation’s leading cause of death.

The factors that raise the risk of heart disease and stroke can also raise the risk of dementia. When blood vessels are damaged or blocked, it can deprive your brain of vital oxygen and nutrients, and ...

On one sad morning, I once treated three patients with Alzheimer’s disease who were no older than 52. Each came to me with a question of memory loss, and a usual nervous laugh in reference to dementia ...

Dementia now kills more Australians than any other disease, with one in 10 people dying from the illness and cases predicted ...

Nell Hawe knew when she started forgetting what she was teaching and where she was driving that she was in trouble.