To experience or even contemplate dementia raises some of the most profound questions: What does it mean to be a person? How ...

In June 2021, I was sitting in a small outside café in Stowe, Vermont. My husband and I were chatting with a lovely elderly Peruvian man sitting nearby. His name was Pedro. He had a character-rich ...

Death is typically caused not by dementia itself, but by complications such as aspiration pneumonia (inhaling food/liquid into the lungs), malnutrition, dehydration, or other infections that the body ...

A big, new long-term study suggests that sticking to a healthy diet can cut your risk of developing Alzheimer's, especially if you were born with genetic risk factors. The study, from nutrition and ...

September is Healthy Aging Month, and Texas Tech HSC's Dr. John Bertelson is sharing a message on how to keep your brain strong as you grow older.