Most people picture dementia as something that creeps up in old age, something that belongs to a distant future most of us ...

A few common medications, like statins or drugs to treat high blood pressure, appear to help lower the risk for dementia. But ...

New research suggests common and treatable ear conditions, including eardrum perforation and cholesteatoma, may be linked to ...

Some vaccines, along with heart medications and other drugs, appear to have a protective benefit. By Dana G. Smith Getting ...

Dementia is a growing global concern, but the good news is that we are making substantial progress in the fight against this disease. You wouldn’t know it from the prevailing paradigm: In the U.S., ...

New research has identified an association between late-onset dementia and certain infections. The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, investigated the link between the two, exploring ...

Sitting for too long increases dementia risk, while getting regular exercise could protect brain health in the long-term, a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One found.

Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training and who had follow-up sessions about one to three years later were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia, ...

According to the Alzheimer's Association, nearly 7 million Americans age 65 and older are already living with Alzheimer's and dementia. In this part of CBS News New York's Cost of Caregiving series, ...

The growing population of older adults means an increasing number of people in whom Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are being diagnosed, as well as costs tied to caring for those individuals.

HealthDay News — There is a cross-sectional association between anemia and higher levels of Alzheimer disease (AD) biomarkers and a longitudinal association with dementia risk, according to a study ...

Anemia occurs when there is a low level of healthy red blood cells, and it has been linked to a number of chronic illnesses ...