Family and police are searching for a missing Riverside man who suffers from dementia. An Endangered Missing Person Advisory has been issued for Raul Vargas, 81, who was last ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow." ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to curb research funding has put treatment for 9/11 first responders, studies of top causes of death in older women, and other life-saving programs on college ...

T he exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease has long evaded scientists, but experts typically suggest there are likely several ...

Adults in their 70s with dementia experienced faster weight loss in the decade before diagnosis than their cognitively ...

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta—a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings ...

An increased risk of dementia among individuals exposed to brain trauma, traumatic brain injury, has been known for almost a century.

Manchester United and Scotland legend Denis Law was laid to rest in an emotional ceremony attended by football greats, family ...

Every couple of years it seems like another wave of stories emerge claiming picking your nose is a major causal factor in the ...

If the younger person with dementia or other people dismiss early and mild symptoms or blame them on other causes, this can mean the person doesn’t get the support they need. It’s often only after ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings ...