Some 4% of U.S. adults aged 65 and older say they have been diagnosed with dementia, a rate that reached 13% for those at least 85-years old, according to a report of a national survey released on ...

A commonly prescribed pain medication—gabapentin—often considered a safer alternative to opioids for those who suffer from ...

They used over 15,000 health records covering the period between 1987 and 2020, from Black and white adults aged over 55. None of the participants had a diagnosis of dementia at age 55.

The study, which analyzed data on 1.2 million people with dementia, found improvements in five out of eight global regions ...

Those with dementia had a slightly lower ER admission rate six months before their diagnosis, at 1.69 out of 100 patients, compared to those who did not have the disease, about 2.08 out of 100.

As the US population ages, the number of people diagnosed with dementia each year is projected to double – from about 514,000 cases in 2020 to about 1 million a year by 2060.

A startling NYU Langone Health study found that the odds of developing dementia are much higher than previously thought and new dementia cases are expected to double by 2060.

After controlling for potential confounders and accounting for the competing risk of death, falling was tied to a 21% increased risk of a subsequent dementia diagnosis (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.20-1.21 ...