Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, ...
New results from a large, 20-year, NIH-funded study (the ACTIVE Study) show it’s possible to prevent a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The researchers found that a modest amount of the ...
An Australian-led international research collaboration has delivered a promising breakthrough in the quest to better understand and treat childhood dementia. Recently published in the journal Nature ...
The American Heart Association (AHA)'s new roadmap for brain health outlines 10 lifetime physical, mental, social, ...
A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that ...
Two studies led by researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have identified structural brain changes and blood biomarkers linked to dementia in former professional rugby players. The findings ...
A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive ...
Frontotemporal dementia causes striking shifts in behavior, emotion, and communication—making loved ones seem like different ...