A new study found that it is possible to identify early signs of dementia many years before symptoms appear using a simple ...

Dementia often begins with subtle changes long before obvious memory loss appears. Experts say the earliest signs can include ...

Apathy can be an early indicator of dementia. Texas A&M researchers are building a digital human that combines screening ...

Will your heart outlast your mind? Chances are that it will. Dementia isn’t a normal part of aging, but it’s going to happen ...

Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss?

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular, may be at play, and identifying ways to slow down its progression can help. In this article, Village Caregiving details what to expect with frontotemporal ...

A UC Davis pilot study is exploring whether virtual reality eye exams can detect early signs of cognitive decline before ...

More than 7 million Americans aged 65 and older have Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. Yet average wait times for a dementia diagnosis range from 12 months to nearly four years.

You might want to think twice before chalking grandma’s “senior moments” up to getting older. More than 10 million people around the world are diagnosed with dementia each year, but studies show ...

Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have identified a blood signal that could forecast dementia risk decades before symptoms begin. Their study, recently published in JAMA Network ...