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A clinical trial involving robotic pets and elderly adults hospitalized with dementia showed far-reaching impacts.

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Could your daily cup of coffee offer more than just a morning boost? A groundbreaking study suggests that it may hold the key ...

One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after following nearly 132,000 people for 40 years.

Older Medicare patients with dementia are less likely to receive high-quality home healthcare than those without dementia, with significant variations in the quality of care for dementia patients ...

A simple brain-training exercise could reduce people's risk of developing dementia by 25 percent, a study said Monday, but ...

While neurogenesis—the growth of new brain cells—typically slows with age, superagers produce new neurons in the hippocampus at twice the rate of healthy older adults. In contrast, individuals with ...

In a decades-long observational study of nearly 132,000 people, individuals who drank two to three cups of coffee or one to ...

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A major new study into mate wareware (dementia) is set to roll out across Whanganui, aiming to better understand how dementia is affecting kaumātua and their whānau. The initiative follows a community ...