Aging expert Debra Whitman wondered how to age well. Her new book, “The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of ...

Cases of dementia are increasing due to longer life expectancy of the world population. Physicians should be able to recognize common dementia syndromes. After excluding reversible causes of ...

Overall, these results suggest frequent nightmares may be one of the earliest signs of dementia, which can precede the ...

Frontotemporal dementia worsens cognitive and behavioral difficulties and lowers life expectancy in people with ALS. It can complicate communication, daily activities, and disease management.

Medical advances and better knowledge of health have contributed to increased life expectancy and a growing elderly population; with that, there has also been an increase in age-related chronic ...

Feeling lonely increased risk for all-cause dementia by 31 percent and cognitive impairment by 15 percent. Loneliness is a ...

Trajectories of frailty increased more rapidly 4 to 9 years before dementia onset. Even before this acceleration, higher ...

Age-adjusted dementia deaths rates were stable between 2018 and 2019, then increased in 2020 and decreased slightly ...

This approach could potentially extend life expectancy for individuals with dementia, offering a meaningful, ...

The approaching holiday season can be the hardest time of the year for many of the 100,000 Iowans who are caring for a loved one with dementia. Megan Benzing, program manager for the Iowa Chapter of ...

A new treatment that could prevent blindness in children with the CLN2 type Batten disease has been trialed by clinicians and ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not shorten or lengthen the life expectancy of those taking ... some cancers and dementia. The guidance includes a new discussion aid to help GPs give ...