Dear Carol: My mother, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, repeats the same question multiple times an hour. I know that’s typical behavior with Alzheimer’s, but it’s driving me nuts. I start out ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a simple, one-question screening tool that could help doctors quickly identify hoarding behaviors in patients with memory loss and ...

Imagine trying to ask a question and no one answers you. Or hearing people talk around you as if you are not really part of the conversation. For many people living with dementia in hospital, this is ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

Researchers estimate that more than 55 million people around the world live with dementia. Dementia is an umbrella term for diseases affecting a person’s abilities to remember, think, and communicate.

PHILADELPHIA - Contrary to what researchers expected, placing a loved one with dementia in a nursing home does not make caregivers feel better. In fact, most were just as depressed and anxious after ...

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Learn how menopause and hormonal changes may affect women’s brain health, and what the latest research says about dementia risk.