Some risk factors and blood biomarkers related to Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment can be detected as early as ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

A recent study challenges the notion of 'digital dementia,' finding that technology use among older adults is linked to a lower risk of cognitive decline. Analyzing data from over 411,000 adults ...

A new study from the University of Otago suggests that looking into your eyes might one day help doctors spot signs of dementia long before memory loss begins. The study was co-lead by author and ...

Image credit: mbbirdy/Getty Images. A new study investigates the relationship between specific diabetes drugs and dementia. They used data from more than 92,000 people with type 2 diabetes.

Scientists have known about a link between poor sleep and an increased risk of dementia for decades. Maiken Nedergaard, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester in New York, says that ...

The documents told the story of a woman now lost to dementia and her home sold out from under her. Aycox’s former neighbor, Deanna Torres, discovered the discarded mementos and salvaged what she ...

Research suggests that certain STIs can increase your chances of developing dementia, a memory-robbing disease that affects one in 10 older adults in the US. That’s troubling, considering STIs ...

Want to reduce your risk of dementia? Consider getting the shingles vaccine. A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that a shingles vaccine reduces the risk of dementia. Researchers ...

While independent experts have called the findings encouraging, further studies will be needed to confirm the results and determine the mechanism underlying any effect on dementia risk.