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The lifetime risk of dementia after age 55 is about 42% — more than double the risk reported by earlier studies, and one that puts greater urgency on the need to mitigate addressable health problems, ...

The number of people with dementia is expected to double in the next 40 years, according to a study out this week in the journal Nature. Researchers estimate about a million adults in the U.S. will ...

A 75-year-old is doing everything he can to stay sharp as he gets older Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Your risk of developing dementia may be more closely tied to your ZIP code than you think, according to a large-scale study of U.S. military veterans aged 65 and older. Analyzing health data from over ...

“I miss my mother the most when I’m sitting across from her,” former CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley said in 2012. Crowley described her mother’s dementia-affected mind as a place ...

Here are five other common red flags to look out for. By Dana G. Smith Running red lights. Falling for scams. Shutting out friends. Memory loss is the most well-known symptom of dementia, particularly ...

“Benzodiazepines have well-established acute adverse effects on cognition,” write Netherlands-based Erasmus University professors of Epidemiology, Radiology, and Neurology in the latest issue of BMC ...

A man diagnosed with dementia in his 40s has revealed that a slight change in his working abilities was the telltale sign his brain health was in decline. Peter Alexander, now 56, never expected to be ...

Yen Ying Lim receives funding from the NHMRC, ARC, MRFF and Alzheimer's Association. Diny Thomson is supported by an Australian government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Dementia is ...