With uncertainties around federal funding for higher education, some schools are cutting back. Experts say that could hurt ...

For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder ...

Results indicate that the closer the Doomsday Clock ticks to midnight, the higher the rates are for mortality specific to ...

Online tests of women's reaction times offer insights into cognitive function and could help fill data gaps on early cognitive problems, potentially shedding light on dementia development later in ...

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The word dementia is used to describe a group of symptoms. These include: memory loss confusion changes to communication mood and behaviour. These symptoms affect day-to-day life. Dementia is caused ...

For a person with MCI, these problems are worse than expected for their age. But unlike dementia, they may not get in the way of day-to-day life. Research suggests that two out of 10 people over the ...