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Doctors used music instead of medication—what they saw in dementia patients was remarkable

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS’s…

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Cough medicine turned brain protector? Ambroxol may slow Parkinson’s dementia

Dementia poses a major health challenge with no safe, affordable treatments to slow its progression. Researchers at Lawson Research Institute…

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Dementia Hot Spots: Is Your Region Raising Your Risk?

Do you live in a region considered a dementia hot spot, or a region of the country with elevated rates…

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Vision Impairment May Raise Your Dementia Risk, Research Suggests

Beauty & Health Editor Hannah Frye is the Beauty & Health Editor at mindbodygreen. She has a B.S. in journalism…

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Your Estate Plan Needs an Advance Directive for Dementia

If estate planning isn’t a grim enough subject, adding an advance directive for dementia to your plan is doubly unpleasant.…

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Epilepsy is more common in patients with frontotemporal dementia than expected

According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known.…

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13 “Soft Signs” Of Dementia, From A Neuropsychologist

Clinical Neuropsychologist Kendal Maxwell, Ph.D., is a Clinical Neuropsychologist at an academic medical center in Los Angeles, CA, providing brief…

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Memory cafes offer informal, local support and fun for people with dementia : Shots

Paula Baille leads the group of Sharon Hannamaker, Joe Edwards, Barb Edwards, and Murray Small in a playing of the…

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Common gene variant doubles dementia risk for men

New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in…

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How do middle-aged folks get dementia? It could be these proteins

Dementia usually affects older people, so when it occurs in middle age, it can be hard to recognize. The most…

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