The tools for a healthy, dementia-free future exist: blood pressure control, appropriate statin and other therapy, smoking ...

Agitation is the third most common neuropsychiatric symptom observed in patients with dementia, with 30% of patients ...

A recent study reveals that many older adults with dementia may be entering nursing homes not because of medical necessity, but because key community services are not meeting their daily needs.

The tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just the lives it takes but how the disease can rob patients of their personalities and their ability to function. One of my patients who suffers from ...

Alzheimer’s decline could be predicted with a simple blood test already offered to those at risk of type 2 diabetes. The disease is the most common type of dementia, with symptoms including confusion, ...

A simple mineral deficiency might be behind one of medicine’s most devastating diseases. Groundbreaking research reveals that lithium deficiency could trigger Alzheimers disease, opening the door to ...

Alzheimer's disease could one day be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy instead of invasive spinal taps or expensive brain scans. This is the promise of scientists from the Salk Institute for ...