To experience or even contemplate dementia raises some of the most profound questions: What does it mean to be a person? How does someone find meaning in life while facing progressive neurological ...

Dementia encompasses a spectrum of neurocognitive disorders marked by progressive impairment in memory, language, executive function and visuospatial skills. Early and accurate diagnosis relies on a ...

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia is one of the most challenging forms of dementia to diagnose. Unlike Alzheimer’s ...

Dr Vishal Jain and Dr Sudhir Kumar explain early signs of dementia and how a 10-minute brain scan can be used for early ...

The authors explored hospice clinician and caregiver perspectives on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and their management. BPSD are common and challenging, impacting both ...

The survival rates of people with early onset dementia-diagnosed before the age of 65-vary considerably by clinical type, but sex, age, family history and co-existing conditions aren't specific risk ...

Early-onset dementia (EOD) significantly affected patients' survival, with frontotemporal dementia showing the poorest prognosis. The risk for mortality was independently associated with patients' sex ...

Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...

Circulating white blood cells called neutrophils are some of the immune system's first responders. Their numbers shoot up during infection and inflammation, shifting the ratio of neutrophils to other ...