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Here’s some really bad news to start your week — your odds of developing dementia are much higher than previously thought. Prior research suggested that up to 14% of men and 23% of women in ...

Australian researchers say they have devised a first-of-its-kind tool that can accurately predict when a person will initially experience dementia symptoms based on their age and interview responses.

Pam Belluck reports on brain health and neuroscience. The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by ...

The dementia risk was greater for women and Black Americans, the study found. New cases of dementia in the United States are projected to double in the next three decades, a new study suggests.

Dementia cases in the U.S. are expected to double by 2060, with an estimated one million people diagnosed per year, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins University and other institutions ...

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from nine years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over two years, respectively, in men ...

Amid its wooden shelves of clothing, accessories and tchotchkes, the sales clerks were, like Ms. Dolan, staff members trained to interact effectively with residents with dementia. “Great choice ...

Around one million Americans may develop some form of dementia every year by 2060, according to a study published on Monday in Nature Medicine. The latest forecast suggests a massive and harrowing ...

A dementia diagnosis for a loved one is something that causes great anxiety in families, and those feelings are often compounded by decisions surrounding nursing home care. A new study addresses life ...

As the US population ages, the number of people diagnosed with dementia each year is projected to double – from about 514,000 cases in 2020 to about 1 million a year by 2060. Much of this trend ...