“Firstly, you can have a blockage in one of the blood vessels, leading to a single big stroke (or stroke-related dementia). Multi-infarct dementia If the damage occurs due to multiple smaller ...

Increased social engagement may delay dementia onset by up to five years, emphasizing the importance of social connections ...

Association of Year-to-Year Lipid Variability With Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Neurology , 2025; 104 (4) DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210247 Cite This ...

Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study. Although DLB is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia following Alzheimer's ...

Statins help people manage high cholesterol levels, but many experts want to know if these drugs can also support brain ...

Amid its wooden shelves of clothing, accessories and tchotchkes, the sales clerks were, like Ms. Dolan, staff members trained to interact effectively with residents with dementia. “Great choice ...

Strategic infarct dementia is a rare subtype of vascular dementia caused by a single infarct in a region of the brain involved in cognition, rather than a series of small infarcts. The internal ...

Pam Belluck reports on brain health and neuroscience. The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by ...

Here’s some really bad news to start your week — your odds of developing dementia are much higher than previously thought. Prior research suggested that up to 14% of men and 23% of women in ...

Australian researchers say they have devised a first-of-its-kind tool that can accurately predict when a person will initially experience dementia symptoms based on their age and interview responses.

A dementia diagnosis for a loved one is something that causes great anxiety in families, and those feelings are often compounded by decisions surrounding nursing home care. A new study addresses life ...