Australian researchers say they have devised a first-of-its-kind tool that can accurately predict when a person will initially experience dementia symptoms based on their age and interview responses.

Here’s some really bad news to start your week — your odds of developing dementia are much higher than previously thought. Prior research suggested that up to 14% of men and 23% of women in ...

Pam Belluck reports on brain health and neuroscience. The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by ...

Up to 4 in 10 People Could Develop Dementia After 55. What You Can Do to Lower Your Risk WASHINGTON (AP) — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly ...

Amid its wooden shelves of clothing, accessories and tchotchkes, the sales clerks were, like Ms. Dolan, staff members trained to interact effectively with residents with dementia. “Great choice ...

In those tissues, the researchers found lots of inflammation, newly formed plaques of sticky amyloid proteins, and all around them dying neurons — the signature marks of Alzheimer’s disease.

New cases of dementia will double by 2060, when 1 million U.S. adults are projected to develop the memory-robbing condition each year, according to a sobering new study published Monday in the ...

A disturbing new study has predicted that new cases of dementia will double by 2060, estimating that 1 million adults will develop the memory-destroying brain disease that ultimately renders ...

Dementia rates in the U.S. could double by 2060 to a million new cases per year, according to a study published on Monday. "Our study results forecast a dramatic rise in the burden from dementia ...