New drugs for early Alzheimer’s disease may allow people to live without help for up to 39 additional months, a new study estimates. But experts urge caution.

It wasn't until Gail was asked to perform two simple tasks at her doctor's surgery that the reality truly hit home ...

The effects of dementia can be devastating for both individuals with the disease and their family members. However, detecting ...

Doctors and aging experts say early intervention is key. When dementia is diagnosed early on, there are more treatment and ...

WashU Medicine-led trial evaluating investigational drug from Eli Lilly and Company aims to stop disease before symptoms arise Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have ...

When people think about cognitive decline, they often imagine the obvious symptoms: forgetfulness, confusion, or difficulty ...

Adults in their 70s with dementia experienced faster weight loss in the decade before diagnosis than their cognitively ...

There can be specific reasons for this, including: Young-onset dementia is relatively rare and health professionals may not have much experience of associating the symptoms in a younger person. Early ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

The study revealed that having both slow walking speed and weak grip strength increased the risk of developing dementia by 79 ...

Researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that contribute to misdiagnosis ...

University of Queensland researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ...