Dementia is an umbrella term that describes multiple forms of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of dementia), vascular dementia and Parkinson’s, according to ...

There is no single, easy test to diagnose Alzheimer’s, but a new review of 18 scientific studies confirms that a simple blood ...

But in people with dementia —which is an umbrella term for mental decline and can be related to a number of diseases such as ...

EastEnders legend Pam St Clement will return to our screens in December for a special episode of the long-running soap opera that will delve further into Nigel Bates' (Paul Bradley) dementia. Pam will ...

A loved one undergoing massive shifts in personality or speech can be challenging to work with. You might be wondering if it’s already a symptom of an underlying disease. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) ...

According to research by the University of California, Irvine, women with Down syndrome have more advanced signs of Alzheimer's disease than men do at the average age of diagnosis, which is the same ...

Patients at primary care clinics received more dementia diagnoses after implementation of a machine-learning tool designed to ...

West End star Ruthie Henshall has shared the feelings of guilt she has over not recognising the symptoms of dementia in her ...

A large-scale study suggests the shingles vaccine may significantly lower dementia risk by approximately 20% and potentially ...

Frontotemporal dementia is a brain disease that affects the parts of your brain responsible for behavior, speech and memory. “Frontotemporal” stems from the names frontal and temporal lobes, which are ...