Oklahoma House designates last week of September as FTD Awareness Week, highlighting the challenges of frontotemporal ...

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, through a new study in fruit ...

The scientist who discovered Alzheimer’s disease died in a Nazi transit camp and was almost forgotten by history.

Demi Moore made a rare comment on her ex-husband Bruce Willis since his dementia diagnosis. The actor's family publicly ...

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 ...

Now it turns out the shingles vaccine may have an added benefit: reducing the risk of dementia, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. It’s a welcome discovery for people who ...

Now a team of Canadian researchers has added another warning to partaking too vigorously in cannabis: dementia. In reaching their conclusions, scientists from institutes across Canada looked at a ...

Users needing emergency care or hospitalization were more likely to later develop dementia, researchers reported. That does not prove cannabis was the cause. By Roni Caryn Rabin Middle-aged and ...

Bruce Willis continues to face his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis with the kind of grace and strength that fans have admired throughout his career. Surrounded by his tight-knit family ...

Artists take on surgical precision, going under the knife, and more From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From ...

Researchers in Brazil have found that lifting weights twice a week for six months can improve the memory of those with a mild cognitive impairment. ‘Frustrating’: CNBC Anchor Calls Out Sen ...

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 ...