Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. When a person with dementia gets something fundamental wrong — the year it is, your relationship to them — it can be difficult to know what to do.

How Do Age, Sex, Hormones and Genetics Affect Dementia Biomarkers in the Blood? Apr. 16, 2025 — A new study has found important clues about the roles age, sex, hormonal changes and genetics play ...

Bringing down high blood pressure reduces the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment, according to a large study of people in China. Many studies have linked high blood pressure, also known as ...

Now, an increased risk of dementia can be added to the list, according to a large study of more than 6 million people published April 14 in the journal JAMA Neurology. “Someone who has an ...

I retired and subsequently learned that I had a devastating rare dementia with a very short lifespan. Instead of providing me support, my friends disappeared from my life, at the time I needed ...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Do the shops in your neighbourhood know how they can support people with dementia to help them continue living well in their community? According to the UK charity Alzheimer’s ...

Middle-aged folks and seniors whose weed use lands them in the hospital are at higher risk for developing dementia within a matter of years, a new study says. An ER visit or hospitalization due to ...

Objective Over 850 000 people live with dementia in the UK. A proportion of these people are South Asians, who make up over 5% of the total UK population. Little is known about the prevalence, ...

The first generation that has been exposed consistently to digital technology has reached the age where symptoms of dementia tend to emerge. Some have claimed that digital technology could ...

We’re all ears for promising developments in staving off Alzheimer’s. Dementia affects more than 6 million Americans and accounts for more than 100,000 deaths each year, with a startling NYU ...

Cognitive decline usually precedes dementia, an ageing-related condition that steadily impairs one's speech, memory and language. The phase 3 clinical trial involved nearly 34,000 patients aged ...

"Dementia" is a broad term for cognitive disorders affecting memory, reasoning, and behavior. As dementia progresses, it can become increasingly difficult for patients to carry out everyday tasks ...