The scientists hypothesize that long-term use of these anti-inflammatories may clean out the accumulation of plaques that remain a hallmark of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. However ...

“It is the only mental health disorder, besides dementia, that increases in prevalence and severity with age,” Ayers said. As ...

Dementia is a group of associated symptoms linked to the ongoing decline of the brain and can be common in people over the ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — As many as half of nursing home residents are cognitively impaired and may be unable to communicate symptoms such as pain or anxiety to those caring for them. Therefore ...

Dementia is caused by different diseases that affect the brain, the most common being Alzheimer’s. Frontotemporal dementia, also known as FTD, is a rare type of dementia. It is thought to account for ...

We are often asked about the genetics of dementia – whether diseases like Alzheimer’s can be inherited, or passed down through families. Most cases of dementia are not directly caused by genes. The ...

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