Dementia, a devastating condition affecting nearly a million people in the UK, is widely recognised for symptoms such as ...

Some of these signs may point toward dementia years — or even decades — prior to diagnosis. Scoop: The 2024 blame game ...

MEMORY loss is first symptom of dementia that comes to mind for most people. While things like losing your wallet or forgetting to pay bills, missing appointments or getting lost are all signs of ...

A study involving older people found that sleep problems were associated with a higher risk of developing a predementia ...

In 2018, the people around Daryl Ditz started to see signs that something wasn’t quite ... The hope is that earlier intervention could stave off dementia before it disrupts people’s lives.

Dementia is not all about memory loss. The condition comes with a host of symptoms, from trouble finding words to loss of taste. Neither is memory loss the only early sign that something may be amiss.

A diagnosis of dementia generally occurs late in the disease progression. As I wrote recently, families can often see the signs in tasks that are cognitively demanding, especially in monitoring ...

Feeling sleepy and less enthusiastic during the day may indicate a higher risk of developing a syndrome that often leads to ...

You may already know that shuffling your feet while walking can be an early sign of dementia, affecting someone’s ability to, say, go up the stairs. But scientists may have identified another ...

The researchers found that people with the highest risk of developing dementia were so-called “dual decliners,” a.k.a. people who showed signs of cognitive decline over time and walked less ...