A new analysis of data from 666,333 Danish men born between 1939 and 1959 indicates a link between young men's height and their dementia risk later.

Fewer than one-third of caregivers say health care workers regularly ask if they need support. "It's a potential point of intervention for improving care."

"People with dementia emphasize… it is possible to live well with dementia. Occupational therapy is one way to support this goal."

Guests, changes in routine, and other aspects of the holidays can be hard on people with dementia and caregivers. Here are ways to make the season enjoyable for the whole family.

Why can some people with dementia remember an event years in the past but then forget something that just happened? An expert explains.

People with dementia who had a parent with the condition tend to develop symptoms years earlier, and even sooner if both parents had it.

"...the signals in our brain that modulate the sleep and awake state also act as a switch that turns the immune system off and on."

Evaluating mild cognitive impairment, considered a precursor to dementia, by sex could potentially change who gets the diagnosis.

"...a significant portion of responders have new onset cognitive impairment when many of them were cognitively normal within just the past few years."

Older adults who get hearing aids for newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of dementia, depression, and anxiety diagnoses over the next three years, research finds.