A dementia diagnosis is devastating. While some patients given a dementia diagnosis can enroll in clinical trials that might provide a drug to slow…
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An 80-year-old man with Alzheimer’s mistook his home health aide, who had been providing care for him for several months, for an intruder. When…
Loneliness increases risk of dementia by up to 40% — but what does it mean to feel lonely? A new study has calculated the…
You can’t control your age, but can you slow the decline of aging by trying to keep your mental health in check? A new…