Using a microsimulation algorithm that accounts for the effect on mortality, a team from Marseille, France, has shown that interventions targeting the three main vascular risk factors for dementia —…
Alzheimer’s disease is the health condition Americans 60 or older are most afraid of getting. But dementia experts say research is increasingly demonstrating that there are ways to reduce that risk.…
Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming shared a powerful conversation with Gertrude Jordan, a dementia coach, who advised her on caring for a loved one with memory loss Full Story
Engineers at the University of Waterloo are using robots to locate medicine, phones, glasses, and other missing items for those with dementia. Full Story
Alzheimer’s disease is complex, and it is unlikely that any one drug or other intervention will ever successfully treat it in all people living with the disease. Full Story
Dementia is a term that describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, cognitive abilities, and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Full Story
When my teenage sister died in a car accident, friends and neighbors blessed our family with oodles of food. Full Story
People often miss the initial signs of dementia as these are mild and progress at a slower pace. Full Story
Dementia is in the spotlight again after news emerged last month of Hollywood actor Bruce Willis' diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. Full Story
T 25, DASHA KIPER moved in with a 98-year-old man. She’d just left a graduate program in clinical psychology; Mr. Kessler was a Holocaust survivor in the early stages of…