Average life expectancy for patients with dementia ranges from 8.9 years after diagnosis at a mean age of 60 years for women ...

The clock is running for people who’ve been diagnosed with dementia, but the time they have left depends on their age.

Here are five things you can do to help lower your chances of developing dementia, with illustrations by multi-award winning cartoonist, the late Tony Husband. Here are five things you can do to help ...

Let's take a look at why some people with dementia swear, the possible triggers for foul language, and what you can do to cope. Foul language may stream out of the person's mouth at times, even if ...

NEW YORK — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is launching a significant new tool to assist families across America impacted by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses.

It is commonly used when dementia is suspected or known. A person's alertness and orientation are assessed based on a series of questions. These fast and simple screening tools can be performed by a ...

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but anew Virginia Tech analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion ...

From the smallest trace elements to the largest building blocks, each piece of the puzzle is vital for creating and sustaining human life. So the next time you look at the periodic table ...

Death rates dropped and life expectancy rose to the highest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released this month. It found that ...

Life expectancy in the U.S. grew an average of 10.8 months in 2023, to 75.8 years for men and 81.1 years for women, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall ...