Adults living with HIV in Malawi are more than twice as likely to also have dementia compared to those without HIV, according to a new study by a team of US and Malawian researchers. Their ...

Research shows sustained NSAID use may shield the brain from dementia, particularly for individuals without a genetic predisposition—could your anti-inflammatory medication be key to healthy aging?

People with dementia don’t just lose their memories — they often battle depression, too, with specialists estimating up to half of patients experience this side effect. But experts are now ...

SINGAPORE: A domestic helper who assaulted an 88-year-old man with dementia and bruised his forearms initially told the victim’s daughter that he had hit a cupboard in a room. Tasinih’s ...

Some medications could have the unintended benefit of reducing dementia risk. That’s according to a recent study by the universities of Cambridge and Exeter, where researchers evaluated several ...

An estimated 6.7 million people in the US are living with Alzheimer’s dementia, and this number could increase to 13.8 million by 2060, according to the NIH. While there are many lifestyle ...

Doctors often use antidepressants to manage the depression, anxiety and agitation that accompanies a diagnosis of dementia. Now, a new study suggests the use of antidepressants may hasten the ...

"Normal" levels of vitamin B12 may not be enough to ward off dementia, new research finds. Researchers at University of California San Francisco studied 231 healthy older adults (averaging 71 ...

Antidepressants are commonly used to help relieve such symptoms as aggressiveness, anxiety, depression and disrupted sleep in patients with dementia. "Depressive symptoms can both worsen cognitive ...

Alison Pilnick receives funding from NIHR to carry out research to improve communication with people with dementia in the acute hospital setting. Approximately one quarter of hospital beds in ...

SINGAPORE – A domestic helper who assaulted an 88-year-old man with dementia and bruised his forearms initially told the victim’s daughter that he had hit a cupboard in a room. Tasinih’s ...

St Luke’s Hospice is introducing its pioneering work on care for people living with dementia to an international audience.