Dementia affects over 57 million people worldwide—and this number is only projected to grow. By 2030, 78 million people are estimated to have dementia. By 2050, it's projected that number will reach ...

Would you believe me if I told you that staying single or ending your marriage could lower your odds of getting dementia? A new study led by researchers at Florida State University somewhat shockingly ...

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The number of people living with some form of dementia is expected to double in the next 25 years, and while for some it's in their genes, for others, the disease may be heavily influenced by their ...

Share on Pinterest ‘Magic mushrooms’ helped a woman with advanced dementia but is psilocybin a good idea? Image credit: Maskot/Getty Images A new case study describes the reversal of symptoms in a ...

Older adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a study of more than 500,000 people. Researchers estimate the difference ...

Share on Pinterest Even mild hearing loss could heighten the risk of dementia, a new study shows. Image credit: OLEKSANDRA TROIAN/Getty Images The lack of a cure for dementia highlights the importance ...

We’ve long known of the link between depression and dementia. Now, a new study pinpoints six depressive symptoms in middle age that can predict dementia more than two decades later. Dementia diagnoses ...

Pam Belluck reports on brain health and neuroscience. The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by 2060, ...

A vaccine designed to prevent shingles may also be linked to a lower risk of dementia, according to a large study of older adults living in skilled nursing facilities across the United States. The ...

A case study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience is making big waves in the dementia research community. The story involves an 80-year-old woman with advanced dementia who experienced significant ...