“Firstly, you can have a blockage in one of the blood vessels, leading to a single big stroke (or stroke-related dementia). Multi-infarct dementia If the damage occurs due to multiple smaller ...

Whereas there are no differences in performances on semantic fluency measures, we see a clear advantage of AD patients in phonemic fluency when compared to multi-infarct dementia (MID) and subcortical ...

Strategic infarct dementia is a rare subtype of vascular dementia caused by a single infarct in a region of the brain involved in cognition, rather than a series of small infarcts. The internal ...

Antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication are associated with reduced risk of dementia, according to new research that looked at health data from over 130 million ...

Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study. Although DLB is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia following Alzheimer's ...

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD.

A recent report published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association highlights the need to develop “objective criteria” for diagnosing and staging all types of ...

Your optometrist could soon be your first line of defense against dementia. Data scientists and clinical researchers are working with opticians to develop a digital tool capable of detecting the ...

Dementia is a devastating condition that can affect everything from your thinking to your personality. And while you can't always control your risk of developing the disease, new research finds ...

About half of new patients will survive another five years after being diagnosed with dementia, according to a large new study that indicates there are major differences based on their age at ...