According to local media reports on Thursday, Australian police tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia inside her nursing home, resulting in her hospitalization with unspecified injuries....
A new report from the Alzheimer Society of Canada predicts nearly one million people in the country will be living with dementia by the end of...
A Winnipeg woman with dementia who was abducted early Saturday morning was found safe and unharmed inside a vehicle that had been stolen nearly 10 hours...
In a scientific first, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered fundamental mechanisms by which the hippocampus region of the brain organizes memories into...
When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between neurons to maintain healthy cognition, a UC...
While research has shown that poor cardiovascular health can damage blood flow to the brain increasing the risk for dementia, a new study led by UC...
Use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, also known as hormone replacement therapy, HRT) is not associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, regardless of hormone...
A team of Canadian researchers have developed an online calculator that can predict your risk of developing dementia. The Dementia Population Risk Tool (DemPoRT) was developed...
Air pollution is now an established risk factor for heart disease/stroke and respiratory disease, but its potential role in neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia, isn’t clear....
An e-learning program that trains care home staff to engage in meaningful social interaction with people who have dementia improves well being and has sustained benefits....
The diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in the UK can be transformed by using artificial intelligence, Theresa May is to say. The NHS and technology...