Dementia progresses through early, middle, and late stages. Late stage dementia causes the most severe, life altering physical symptoms and increases the risk of falls. Medical News Today has ...

People with Parkinson's disease are more likely to develop certain types of dementia. Find out about the causes, symptoms and treatments. Parkinson’s disease is a brain disease that affects around 145 ...

Mild cognitive impairment is when a person starts to have problems with their memory or thinking. It can be a sign of a disease that will eventually cause dementia but MCI is not dementia and can be ...

The last few years have seen notable progress in this strategy to prevent one of the common causes of dementia: Alzheimer’s. Treatments approved for Alzheimer’s in the mild cognitive ...

Over time, these proteins can lead brain tissue to atrophy (shrink). Learn More Causes and Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's? Dementia is a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks dementia as the seventh leading cause of death worldwide and one of the leading causes of disability among older adults. Kenneth Koncilja, MD, a ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies is the third most common disease that causes dementia. Both risk genes and faulty genes can be involved in dementia with Lewy bodies. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that ...

Dolan, staff members trained to interact effectively with residents with dementia. “Great choice,” said the cheerful cashier — Andre Ally, the engagement coordinator — to a 91-year-old who ...

Some people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have a family history and the condition may be inherited. In a particular form called ‘behavioural variant’ FTD, a third to half of people affected may ...