Dementia is often thought of as a distant possibility or something that only affects those in the last years of their life. But new research is challenging this: the risk of developing dementia ...

Living with common psychiatric disorders could 'significantly' increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease at a younger age, concerning research has suggested. Studies have long linked ...

The survival rates of people with early onset dementia—diagnosed before the age of 65—vary considerably by clinical type, but sex, age, family history and co-existing conditions aren't specific risk ...

Early-onset dementia (EOD) significantly affected patients' survival, with frontotemporal dementia showing the poorest prognosis. The risk for mortality was independently associated with patients' sex ...

Australian musician Emma Sheppard has spoken of her decision to undergo IVF so she could genetically test her embryos for early-onset dementia, after multiple members of her husband’s family were ...

All-cause mortality risk was over six times higher for people with young-onset dementia versus controls. Median survival was 8.7 years, but varied by clinical type. People with young-onset ...

Researchers at the new Center for Brain Health at UT Health San Antonio are studying midlife testing for early-onset dementia with blood-based biomarkers to see if they can detect disease activity up ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU University Hospital Munich uncovered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from premature cell death, known as ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - There's new research showing that something as simple as improving your vision could also help your brain. A study of more than 3,000 adults age 65 and up found that those who had ...

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