Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Dementias, like Alzheimer's ...

Allison's father was in his mid-70s when he noticed foul odors he thought were coming from his body. No matter how often he bathed the odors continued. He saw his doctor about the unusual smell and ...

Millions of people are living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disorder that causes cognitive decline, confusion, memory loss, and many other symptoms. The Alzheimer’s ...

FILE – In this Aug. 14, 2018 file photo, Dr. William Burke goes over a PET brain scan at Banner Alzheimers Institute in Phoenix. The drug company Biogen Inc. says it will seek federal approval for a ...

Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training—in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer screen ...

For the first time, a United Nations declaration is pledging to address dementia. On Thursday, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York laid out a new plan for combating mental health ...

There a variety of forms of dementia, such as vascular dementia and fronto-temporal dementia, and each has unique characteristics that differentiate it from the generic category. Dementia can become a ...