Dementia is an umbrella term to describe cognitive (thinking) problems that are severe enough to affect everyday life. There ...

A neurologist has shed light on four "reversible causes" of symptoms that often lead to an incorrect dementia diagnosis. Dementia, a syndrome caused by various diseases, has lasting effects on the ...

It happens. You’re mid-sentence when you realize you totally forgot what you’re saying, or you’re driving to work—on a route you’ve traveled 100 times—but you take a wrong turn. The truth is that ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — accounting for 60 to 80% of cases in the US. As such, it is easy to forget that there are other types of neurodegenerative disorders. While ...

“People with Alzheimer’s dementia tend to maintain their social graces until relatively late in the disease,” Duxbury said. “They can make small talk and be polite and sit next to someone and ...