A dementia diagnosis for a loved one is something that causes great anxiety in families, and those feelings are often compounded by decisions surrounding nursing home care. A new study addresses life ...

The study published in the BMJ analysed 261 studies involving over 5.5 million people with dementia ... vascular dementia or Lewy body dementia. “About one third of remaining life expectancy ...

A review of available study evidence has indicated the average life expectancy for ... within five years after a dementia diagnosis. “Patients with Alzheimer’s disease had a more favourable prognosis ...

Conclusions The average life expectancy of ... studies assessed all cause dementia regardless of its disease (44%; 191/431). Of specific dementia subtypes, Alzheimer’s disease was most studied (32%; ...

(Science Signaling) Brain hypometabolism began to evolve during the prodromal stage of dementia with Lewy bodies, with changes on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET paralleling progressive symptoms.

(STAT) A meta-analysis showed that the average life expectancy of people with dementia at time of diagnosis ranged from 5.7 years at age 65 to 2.2 years at age 85 in men, and from 8 to 4.5 years ...

Vascular dementia is a prevalent form of brain disease, affecting an estimated 150,000 individuals in the UK. It is caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, but can manifest in various ways.