The solution to this difficult question should not be to require everyone of a certain age, regardless of their cognitive ...

A shocking story about a Texas congresswoman came out recently. A local reporter got a tip that, after quietly missing months of votes on Capitol Hill, Republican U.S. Rep. Kay Granger had moved into ...

Term limits are another oft-proposed solution, but would probably require a Constitutional amendment, and the concept has ...

This month, the torch will be passed, not to a new generation, but from the oldest man ever to hold the office to the oldest ever elected to it.

Dementia rates in the U.S. could double by 2060 to a million new cases per year, according to a study published on Monday.

Study Supports New Blood-Based Biomarker to Detect Early Brain Changes Leading to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Dec. 18, 2024 — To identify and follow blood vessel-related changes in the ...

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 ...

DiADeM is a tool to support GPs in diagnosing dementia for people living with advanced dementia in a care home setting. It has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Strategic Clinical ...

Exposure to a high level of air pollution increases a person’s risk of developing dementia. It also contributes to other long-term conditions. Air pollution includes very small particles from traffic ...

There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.