Obesity and diabetes, more common in recent decades, could lead to more dementia, but much touted new drugs that reduce them ...

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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, in which people become forgetful and confused, usually starting in older age. People with Alzheimer’s have a build-up of two kinds of ...

Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...

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For most older adults, the idea of aging in place and staying at home for as long as possible is an attractive one. However, for seniors who've been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another ...

Yet the reverse could also happen. If earlier and more widespread testing increases the number of dementia diagnoses, or if the definition of dementia broadens, rates will increase, Dr. Doraiswamy ...

In an Oxnard conference Thursday, the physician who helps lead a care movement asked people not to define dementia as a disease that can be treated with medication designed to alter behavior. Instead, ...