Dementia

A decade-long study: This eye sign can predict dementia years in advance

A new study found that the thickness of the retina in the eye may predict future risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia years before symptoms appear – opening the door to early and simple diagnosis.

Every measurable decrease in retinal thickness increased the risk of Alzheimer’s by about 3%
Comparison of two brain diagrams. Left, normal brain, right, brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.

'Aging in Wellness and Adversity': Embracing patients coping with old age, dementia - book review

A man in the gym

A huge study: This is the exact age at which physical exercise reduces dementia risk by 45%

A doctor looks at a brain X-ray

A doctor reveals how to reduce the risk of dementia – with one simple food every day


Ashkenazi Jews are more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's, study finds

Specific research into Ashkenazi genetics relation to Alzheimer's diseases was done for the first time.

 Patients with Alzheimer's and dementia are sit inside the Alzheimer foundation in Mexico City

Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, Carter family says

The Carters occupied the White House during a Democratic administration from 1977 to 1981. They have been married since 1946 and have four children.

 Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter

New treatment could stop dementia's damage to the brain in its tracks - study

After multiple clinical trials, researchers are becoming increasingly confident in sodium selenate's ability to halt cognitive decline in dementia patients.

 Alzheimer's disease (illustrative).

The first signs of Alzheimer's appear in the eyes. Here's what they are

Can doctors examine a person's eyes to see the start of the dementia process?

 An illustrative image of an eye

Sleep habits of dogs and humans with dementia have striking similarities - study

Much like their human companions, dogs with dementia or Alzheimer's disease have a hard time sleeping without disruption.

 Napping dog

Potential Alzheimer’s treatment discovered by MIT - study

The treatment has undergone animal testing and is showing promising results.

 One hemisphere of a healthy brain (L) is pictured next to one hemisphere of a brain of a person suffering from Alzheimer disease, at the Morphological unit of psychopathology in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in Chene-Bourg near Geneva March 14, 2011.

Inability to walk and talk at same time can point to dementia - study

The shrinking of the frontal lobe and the hippocampus and the slowing down of chemical signals in the brain as people get older hamper multitasking.

 The brain (illustrative).

Amid Bruce Willis revelation: How to help a loved one with dementia

For Willis' family, and other families of those with dementia, this is a very difficult experience because the disease changes the personality of the beloved one we knew.

Bruce Willis attends the 17th Annual A Great Night In Harlem at The Apollo Theater on April 04, 2019 in New York City.

Laughing in serious or sad situations may be a sign of dementia

Frontotemporal dementia is one of the least common forms of dementia, while Alzheimer's disease is the most common form.


Taking sleeping pills could have disastrous cognitive side effects

Scientists have recently discovered that common sleeping pills can significantly increase the risk of dementia.

 Sleeping woman (illustrative).