Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, but following closely behind (affecting an estimated 5 to 10 percent of people with dementia) is a particular type that stems from ...

Vascular dementia is believed to affect the majority of the 6 million people in the US with dementia. It is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. It also accounts for 20% ...

“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 ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive diagnostic that predicts a person's stage of dementia based on neurovascular and metabolic changes. They ...

Even though Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 failed in Alzheimer's trial, some researchers are cautiously optimistic that obesity and diabetes drugs may have benefits for people with one of the most common forms ...

Obesity has long been linked to a higher risk of vascular-related dementia, a progressive brain disease that causes nerve cell damage. However, it has been unclear, until now, whether excess weight ...

The International Society for Vascular Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders updated criteria for diagnosing vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. (JAMA Neurology) Paramagnetic rim lesions improved ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3. The brain-immune-vascular interface has now been recognized as a fundamental component of brain physiology and in diseases. Vascular ...

A major new study suggests that maintaining good vascular health could substantially reduce dementia risk before age 80. Researchers followed more than 12,000 participants for 33 years and found that ...