Frailty is a strong predictor of dementia risk, with risk increasing by 40% with each 4-5 additional age-related health conditions.

(Annals of Neurology) Dementia-related stigma is still pervasive, Lancet Neurology editors maintained. Accelerated brain ...

Older adults with significant fluctuations in cholesterol levels are at increased risk for dementia and cognitive decline, ...

A study of cells from 84 brains finds that Alzheimer’s has two distinct phases, and that one type of neuron is especially ...

Unfortunately, symptomatic treatments cannot stop the diseases that cause dementia from progressing, so people will continue to get worse over time. This is because these drugs cannot fix damage to ...

The researchers found brain functions after Long COVID are strikingly similar to those with Alzheimer's and other forms of ...

EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in ...

A new study has used powerful imaging to reveal a subset of Alzheimer's-associated proteins spreading particularly rapidly.

These activities likely won’t prevent the brain damage that leads to dementia. But if someone does get Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive reserve “can mask the effect and delay the onset of ...

"This work brings us another step closer to better understanding how these proteins spread in brain tissue of Alzheimer's disease ... an initial amyloid beta fibril has been created (see the diagram ...

Dementia is a general term used to describe a decline in cognitive function caused by damage to or loss of nerve cells in the brain. Alzheimer's disease, the most common type, involves the buildup ...

Dementia, a cognitive disorder affecting memory, reasoning, and social abilities, is currently experienced by an estimated 50 ...