We asked Dr. Joanne Pike, CEO of the Alzheimer's Association to help explain the challenges and hopes when it comes to this debilitating disease.

An international study led by a University of Queensland researcher has found frailty increases a person's risk of dementia, ...

When older adults have significant year-to-year fluctuations in their cholesterol levels without changes in medication, it ...

A new study has revealed that drinking alcohol could speed up the progression of Alzheimer's disease, with the findings indicating that the two are associated ...

A study of older adults in Australia and the U.S. indicates that cholesterol levels that fluctuate significantly from year to ...

Alzheimer’s disease is one form of dementia, an umbrella term that describes symptoms affecting one’s thinking, function and ...

According to a new study published by the American Heart Association, your heart and brain health are connected. Dementia is ...

There may be multiple reasons for this, says Dr. Ertekin-Taner: One of them is that the brain needs healthy vasculature to ...

The common brain condition cannot always be easy to spot and often memory loss is seen as a symptom, but it is not the only ...

Most cases of dementia are caused by a mixture of risk factors. A risk factor is something that affects our chances of developing a condition like dementia. For most of us our risk of dementia is made ...

A combination of two “active” therapies may help slow cognitive decline in older adults, especially those with a type of severe depression and a genetic risk of Alzheimer's, a study indicates.

Older adults who have experienced a fall are at an increased risk of being diagnosed with dementia, new research found. But ...