Early signs of dementia can resemble normal cognitive changes due to aging. But timely diagnosis can help people get the treatment and support they need. A new research analysis shows it takes an ...
Today, when an aging parent, relative, or friend starts to forget things, a firm diagnosis can be surprisingly elusive. Even for Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common dementia, clinicians lean ...
Dear Carol: My 81-year-old grandma has been healthy all of her life. Her only doctor is a family physician who is very nice but nearing retirement himself. Grandma lives alone. Lately, she has been ...
Receiving a diagnosis like dementia doesn’t happen overnight, but the amount of time it takes to learn what’s really going on has always been a little hazy. Now, new research has pinpointed how long ...
Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.
Dementia is an umbrella term to describe cognitive (thinking) problems that are severe enough to affect everyday life. There ...
A borough has created a new strategy to support those impacted by dementia and help people get swift diagnoses. Hartlepool Borough Council's plan has been developed by a collaboration of key ...
“People with Alzheimer’s dementia tend to maintain their social graces until relatively late in the disease,” Duxbury said.