Researchers have discovered slight changes in the eyes could provide an early warning sign for dementia. A study found that retinal scans can detect key changes in blood vessels that may provide ...

Mossman added that all of these symptoms can strike in the “early stages” of the brain condition. However, they may not be ...

Early or young onset dementia is when symptoms develop before the age of 65, usually between 30 to 65 years of age. It ...

Jellyfish have no brains and only about 1,000 neurons, but they are apparently able to learn things through trial and error ...

Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that a ...

A study published in the British Medical Journal found that certain habits can decrease your risk of developing Alzheimer’s.

More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – it slowly steals your memories and takes away your mind. There is no cure, yet, but now, a newly FDA-approved drug is ...

It's almost leaf peeping season, but scientists say shifting or intensifying weather conditions brought about by climate change could increasingly alter when trees begin their fall colour display each ...

Every so often, Eamon O’Shea will find himself lingering over family photographs taken many Christmases ago at home in Salthill, when the children were still young, and his mother Mai was ...

She originally thought her ‘brain fog and anxiety’ was related to menopause before finding out about her Alzheimer’s ...

Memory isn't always the earliest sign of dementia, an eye expert has revealed. Dr Jørn Slot Jørgensen, of Laser Eye Clinic London, believes that visual changes could hold clues to the condition ...

Dementia is a devastating illness, and the loss of memory that it causes can be really upsetting for individuals and families. And although memory loss is often the first noticeable sign that a ...