A large-scale meta-analysis, led by first author Wei Yu Chua from the National University of Singapore and corresponding author Eng-King Tan at the National Neuroscience Institute and Duke-NUS Medical ...

A consortium of global experts released proposed updated diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). The proposed update would revise criteria first released in 2014 by ...

Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia. Strokes that affect cognitive (thinking) abilities cause vascular dementia. Vascular dementia often worsens in a stepwise pattern, and ...

Previous research has shown that the shingles vaccine may help lower a person’s risk for dementia and heart disease. A new study found that the shingles vaccine may help lower a person’s risk for ...

Even though Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 failed in Alzheimer's trial, some researchers are cautiously optimistic that obesity and diabetes drugs may have benefits for people with one of the most common forms ...

It's important to understand that dementia isn't a single condition, but rather a broad term encompassing a range of symptoms ...

Statin use has been linked to higher rates of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular hospitalization in older adults with dementia, results of a large observational study suggest. However, small event ...

Prunella Scales's son, Samuel West, has spoken candidly about his mother's final years living with dementia, disclosing that their last 'meaningful conversation' occurred two years ago. Although her ...