dementia

It started with the occasional word loss. Sarah Widmeyer’s mother, Elaine, would forget words like “zoo” and instead call it “the place where they keep the animals.” Then came the paranoia.“Mom started to become very paranoid,” said…

People who eat a pack of popcorn a day may be less likely to suffer from dementia, a study suggests. Researchers at Rush University in Chicago made the discovery after tracking 3,300 people for six years and testing their cognition.They…

A picture of soda drinks. — X/@bseDrinking a lot of sugar-free beverages raises your risk of dementia, as per German researchers because they discovered that this includes fruit drinks, milk drinks with flavours, and full-fat fizzy…

In the recently released film Goldfish, Anamika (Kalki Koechlin) is woken up in the wee hours of the morning only to find her mother Sadhana (Deepti Naval) wandering on the streets, all dressed up for a BBC…

A person can be seen taking an older person to an open space in a wheelchair. — Unsplash/FileA new study suggested that people who spend too much time seated are at a higher risk of developing dementia as researchers raised concerns…

If you’re concerned about developing dementia later in life, it’s natural to wonder if you might be able to prevent it.Experts have estimated that 40 percent of dementia cases worldwide might be prevented or delayed with certain modifiable…

Caring for a sick spouse is never easy, and Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis isn’t going to glamourize it. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Heming, 45, opened up about her daily struggles as a spousal caretaker for…

Results of a long-term, federally funded study of cognitively healthy adults -- most with a family history of Alzheimer's disease -- have added to evidence that low spinal fluid levels of a protein linked to learning and memory in mice may…

A new vaccine that appears to stop Alzheimer's in its tracks is adding to optimism that this could be the beginning of the end for the disease.  A study of the jab in mice found that not only did the shot clear harmful amyloid plaque from…

Among the players, the veteran pacer James Anderson stood tall in his bowling partner Stuart Broad's jersey, while the wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow proudly donned the English captain Ben Stokes's shirt.On the third day of the final…