Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in ...

A new study identified overlapping factors that affect your odds of developing these brain diseases late in life.

A multi‑institution research team including Columbia, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins and others, report that nearly one in three ...

The total economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States will reach $781 billion this year ...

Getting a dementia diagnosis is scary. Both patients and families worry about what comes next. How long will someone live ...

Researchers analysed 2,946 adults aged 65 and older and found 32% of all dementia cases could be attributed to diagnosed ...

Lowering blood pressure through medication can reduce someone's risk of developing dementia ...

Cannabis users who visited the emergency room or were hospitalized were up to four times as likely as people in the general population to be diagnosed with dementia within five years, a large new ...

A new study indicates it could reduce your risk of dementia. You’ve probably seen the ads telling you about the importance of getting a shingles shot if you’re 50 or older. Research shows the ...

But as Myran told CNN, more research is needed. “This is not a study that anyone should look at and say, ‘Jury’s in, and cannabis use causes dementia,’” Myran told the outlet.

Davis’s federally funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, DeCarli studies the vascular risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension, that contribute to 15 to 25 percent of dementia ...

"Regular cannabis use might directly increase the risk of dementia through changes in brain structure," senior researcher Colleen Webber, a scientist at the Bruyère Health Research Institute in ...