Dementia is a general term for a set of symptoms that affect memory, thinking, and daily life. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia—but it’s just one type. Not all dementia is ...

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 ...

FDA cleared the first agent with an NMDA/sigma-1–based mechanism specifically for agitation in Alzheimer’s disease dementia, ...

Alzheimer's Association will present "Aging or Alarming?" at 10 a.m. Monday, June 23, at Gordonville Fire Department, 711 Route Z. The program aims to help attendees distinguish between changes that ...

All-cause mortality risk was over six times higher for people with young-onset dementia versus controls. Median survival was 8.7 years, but varied by clinical type. People with young-onset ...

The initiation of GLP-1 agonists was associated with a lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias than the initiation of DPP-4 inhibitors in patients with diabetes undergoing ...