The Alzheimer’s Association defines dementia as a generic term for the loss of memory, language, and other cognitive abilities. Findings are based on roughly 15-thousand patients whose health records ...

Teenagers should be considering their dementia risk, academics have said after a new study suggests that having an unhealthy childhood could affect the brain in later life.A child’s body mass index ...

About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today's toll, researchers reported ...

Mild cognitive impairment is linked to blood vessel dysfunction in the brain's temporal lobes - the seat of memory - according to a new USC-led study.

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Researchers have uncovered novel insights into how brain function disruptions related to cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) interact with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology to impact neurodegeneration and ...

Older studies estimated a lower risk of dementia. According to new research, the number of people living with the disease in ...

The risk of developing dementia in the United States is much higher than previously estimated, according to a new study ...

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The lifetime risk of dementia after age 55 is about 42% - more than double the risk reported by earlier studies, and one that puts greater urgency on the need to mitigate addressable health problems, ...

A new study shows that the risk of developing dementia anytime after age 55 among Americans is 42%, more than double the risk reported by older studies.