Cognitive decline in very old adults has been considered for decades to be an almost inevitable consequence of aging. In ...

WHEN ERIC STALLARD, an actuary and academic, began looking into the incidence of dementia among elderly Americans, he was so ...

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They found that metabolism and perfusion were some of the first biological processes that become dysregulated in the progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia—potentially long before the ...

Middle-aged or older adults with a prefrail or frail status had a significantly higher risk for incident dementia than those with a robust status. The risk for dementia rose sharply in participants ...

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Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive diagnostic that predicts a person's stage of dementia based on neurovascular and metabolic changes. They ...

A new study from Virginia Tech suggests patterns of repetitive negative thinking explain how anxiety develops into deeper ...

MEMORY lapses, difficulty concentrating and even struggling to put an email together at work – these are all common signs of ...

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Frontotemporal dementia worsens cognitive and behavioral difficulties and lowers life expectancy in people with ALS. It can complicate communication, daily activities, and disease management.