People with dementia may have trouble remembering recent events or conversations. Common items may be put in unusual places, like a wallet in the refrigerator. Mood changes, such as becoming withdrawn ...

Noticing changes that come with aging can feel unsettling, especially when memory or thinking seems different than before. Not every lapse is a warning sign, but certain patterns deserve attention ...

Researchers found that speech patterns, like pauses and filler words, are tied to executive function.

While it can be hard to manage age-related changes of any kind, it can feel extra tough when those changes impact your memory and cognition. But it’s especially important to pay attention to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dementia can sneak up on you. I know, because it happened to my family. Back in the early 2000s, my first wife, Ginny, began ...

You might want to think twice before chalking grandma’s “senior moments” up to getting older. More than 10 million people around the world are diagnosed with dementia each year, but studies show ...

Loss of self-confidence and difficulty coping with problems are amongst the red flags linked to increased risk of declining brain function ...

People with dementia have distinct brain wave patterns. Researchers are investigating how EEG tests could identify people in the earliest stages of the disease when treatments are mostly likely to ...

Older adults' driving habits revealed clues about their brain health and may provide early warning signs of cognitive decline or dementia, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the ...

A startup that was at the University of Alberta says tech, which looks as simple as a headband, could soon detect early signs of mild cognitive impairment or dementia by playing a simple game. The ...

According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 120,000 people in Wisconsin were living with Alzheimer’s disease as of 2020.