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Frequent social engagement may delay dementia onset
Visiting friends, attending parties and going to church may help keep your brain healthy, according to research conducted at ...
The battle with dementia: 'Music is the key' to finding purpose with dementia
This is the third installment in a series of stories exploring memory disorders in the Chippewa Valley. In today’s installment, two women share their experiences of loss due to dementia and how music ...
Carolyn Hax: How to intervene with stubborn mom facing cognitive decline?
Mom barely eats and may have dementia but refuses any medical intervention beyond annual checkups.
The alarming memory condition that mimics dementia but could disappear with the right treatment
MEMORY loss is widely considered the most well-known symptom of dementia – and it’s often the first noticeable sign in the early stages of the disease. But in recent years, research ...
Simple blood test that could detect dementia ‘YEARS before symptoms begin’ starts ‘exciting’ trial in NHS clinics
A SIMPLE blood test that could catch dementia before major symptoms start has begun trials in NHS clinics. More than 3,000 ...
I got dementia at 49 - here's the first sign my brain was in decline
Peter Alexander, now 56 and living in Northern Ireland, never expected to be diagnosed with the memory robbing disorder when ...
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Dementia: Risk factors and prevention
The likelihood of being diagnosed with dementia is more than six times higher in people aged 80 and over compared to those aged 65-79. Not everyone develops the condition as they age. Changes in the ...
How two daughters found a silver lining in their mother’s dementia diagnosis
A loved one’s dementia diagnosis can feel like the person you know is lost forever. When the progressive disease came to ...