Dementia often affects memory, thinking, behavior and daily functioning — now, a new case study reveals a novel symptom that ...

The findings could help clinicians use neuropsychiatric symptoms to prepare patients and families for a type of dementia ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular, may be at play, and identifying ways to slow down its progression can help. In ...

A neurologist has shed light on four "reversible causes" of symptoms that often lead to an incorrect dementia diagnosis. Dementia, a syndrome caused by various diseases, has lasting effects on the ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — accounting for 60 to 80% of cases in the US. As such, it is easy to forget that there are other types of neurodegenerative disorders. While ...

It happens. You’re mid-sentence when you realize you totally forgot what you’re saying, or you’re driving to work—on a route you’ve traveled 100 times—but you take a wrong turn. The truth is that ...

Getting older comes with many changes, not the least of which are occasional memory lapses, which tend to worry many people in the moment. These cognitive changes can be totally normal, so there is no ...

Billy Joel revealed he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare, but reversible type of dementia. The statement notes that performing worsened some of the 76-year-old ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A recently recognized form of dementia is changing the understanding of cognitive decline, improving the ability to diagnose patients and underscoring the need for a wider array of ...

A new study highlights surprising dementia symptoms. Dementia often affects memory, thinking, behavior and daily functioning — now, a new case study reveals a novel symptom that shouldn’t be ...