Dementia
Dementia is a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury, or progressive, resulting in long-term decline due to damage or disease in the body. Dementia is not a single disease, but rather a non-specific illness syndrome in which affected areas of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving.
Dementia Stories
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Think 2 minutes of walking can't make a difference? Think again because updated guidelines reveal how even the smallest steps count toward your health.
Regardless of whether or not they had dementia, older adults were found to have better cognition skills during the late summer and early fall in a new study by Canadian researchers.
Both excessive drinking and abstinence were linked to a higher dementia risk in a long-term study that followed more than 9,000 British civil servants.
In a study of nearly 1,300 older adults, those with higher systolic pressure were more likely to have changes in their brain associated with Alzheimer's disease.
A new study from Hong Kong highlighted reading as one of the intellectual activities linked to a significantly reduced risk of developing dementia.
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Regarded as an "invisible epidemic," loneliness is underestimated in how many people it affects in addition to the impact it has on physical and mental health.
Alzheimer's disease among Americans is on the rise, costing us in more ways than one, according to a new report.
Studies over the years have linked creative activities with improved health, revealing the therapeutic power of words, pictures and music.
Four myths and facts about dementia that will help you understand the issues people with the neurological disorder and their families and caregivers face on a daily basis.