Parents Emily and Angus Forrester are in a 'race against time' to save their two-year-old daughter's life, after she was ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia ...

Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

New artificial intelligence glasses for people with dementia 'see' objects and project visual prompts onto the lenses to help them live independently - and they could be available on the NHS soon.

A simple test could detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear, offering hope for earlier intervention and treatment.

A BBC health expert has discussed a new study showing increased mortality risks for people with dementia taking certain ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. For most of the world’s population, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis still requires technology that doesn’t exist in their ...

A new study using Medicare claims to identify Alzheimer’s and dementia diagnoses shows that playing a free online speed-training video game (and booster sessions) may offer protective benefits.

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing group of older adults in the U.S., but they often face language and cultural barriers when seeking care for dementia-related symptoms. As part of a broader ...

The Finnish startup’s pack can charge from 0 to 80 percent in under 5 minutes, according to its first independent test. The Finnish startup’s pack can charge from 0 to 80 percent in under 5 minutes, ...

Coffee at Cafe Unido in Shaw in 2024. (Deb Lindsey/for The Washington Post) I am a clinical epidemiologist whose research focuses on assessing interventions for the treatment and prevention of ...

WashU researchers have created a model that can seemingly predict a person's symptoms of Alzheimer's within a few years. Reading time 3 minutes Sickness and death are inevitable, but many of us will ...