Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to ...

Medical advances make pills to treat Alzheimer’s disease viable, though challenges remain in sharing gains globally ...

Vitamin D also helps clear beta amyloid, a protein that plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease, Merrill points out. This is “the ...

A type of medication once thought to be potentially damaging to the brain due to its impact on gut health appears to not increase a person's risk of dementia. According to a recent US study ...

Researchers found that combining cardiovascular disease drug classes, particularly antihypertensives, can reduce risk of dementia.

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may not be as well-known as other forms like Alzheimer’s, but is just as devastating, so the discovery that commonly used drugs may reduce the risk of the disease ...

The MHRA’s current authorisations only allow the use of the drugs in those with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. “From a scientific point of view, I don’t think it’s likely that ...

Experts believe role of the medication in reducing inflammation in the body – common to many conditions including dementia – ...

Family urges action as Korean driver with dementia causes fatal crash Seoul lacks regulations on halting driving for dementia ...

After adjusting for factors such as family history of dementia, cognitive function at the start of the study and medications known to affect cognition, the team found that antibiotic use was not ...

Alzheimer’s drugs should be prescribed like statins to stave off dementia, one of Britain’s leading neuroscientists has said. Prof Sir John Hardy said blood tests would soon allow for routine ...