1 in 10 older Americans has dementia, study finds
Although dementia and mild cognitive impairment are known to be common in the United States, accurate, up-to-date measures of their national prevalence were scarce.
In...
Hearing loss linked to higher dementia risk, study finds
Hearing loss is a common problem in older people.
Hearing loss is a common problem caused by noise, aging, disease, and heredity. People with hearing...
Scientists find keys to reducing dementia risk
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily...
Exercise may slow down cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease
For people with Parkinson's disease, problems with thinking and memory skills are among the most common nonmotor symptoms of the disease.
In a study from...
Scientists find a major cause of poor memory in older people
One of the keys to having a healthy brain at any age is having a healthy blood-brain barrier, a complex interface of blood vessels that run through the brain.
Daily multivitamin may help prevent cognitive decline in older people
Cognitive decline can range from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, a form of decline in abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life.
Alzheimer's disease is...
Widely used diabetes drug metformin may reduce cognitive decline
Metformin is a drug used to treat high blood sugar levels that are caused by a type of diabetes mellitus or sugar diabetes called type...
This Alzheimer’s disease drug may help treat Lewy body dementia
Lewy body dementia is a disease linked to abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain.
These deposits, called Lewy bodies, affect chemicals...
Obesity with poor muscle mass may increase dementia risk
Obesity, an increasingly prevalent lifestyle disease, often occurs along with poor muscle mass.
This condition, called sarcopenic obesity, is evaluated based on the patients' body...
Frailty, dementia increase death risk in older people after surgery
Dementia describes an overall decline in memory and other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities.
Frailty is defined...