Dementia is an umbrella term that describes multiple forms of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease (the most ...

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

Previous research suggests the shingles vaccine could reduce dementia risk. A follow up study suggests it may also help slow ...

TV presenter Ruth Langsford has watched the piecemeal mental disintegration of both her beloved parents over the course of 20 ...

Already, some 982,000 people in the UK have dementia, with the number of sufferers predicted to rise to a staggering ...

Dogs are like family. They’re always there, wagging their tails when we come home, curling up next to us when we’re feeling ...

A common vaccine, originally for shingles, is linked in recent studies to a roughly 20% lower chance of dementia and possibly ...

Taking care of middle-aged patients means we doctors occasionally encounter one who is in distress because a parent has been ...

Researchers found long-term treatment could delay progression from mild cognitive impairment to moderate Alzheimer’s disease ...

A neurologist has delivered an urgent warning about sleep, suggesting that one common nightly habit could prove "dangerous".

The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it ...

A new study reveals that obesity accelerated Alzheimer's blood biomarkers by 95% over five years, highlighting a strong ...