Bruce Willis pictured in 2019. Frontotemporal dementia can cause behavioral changes such as seeming insensitive or rude.VCG/VCG via Getty Images Bruce Willis' family announced that he has rare type of ...

Bruce Willis’ family announced that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The announcement came about a year after his family said that Willis would step away from acting after being ...

We all have needs, drives, and cravings—such as hunger, territoriality, and sexuality—which stem from the ancient part of our brain that we share with reptiles. Why don’t we constantly act upon these ...

With more Americans living longer, the challenge of managing symptoms of dementia is simultaneously increasing. Now, a new study offers a fresh perspective on understanding, treating and managing the ...

A new website aims to give more support to people caring for older adults who are living with dementia. The online resource, the DICE Approach, offers free training in a comprehensive approach to ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to ...

A terrible irony of dementia — which can result in the inability to recognize people and places — is that the condition ...

Older adults with vision problems may be more likely to develop dementia, a new study published in JAMA Ophthalmology has found. Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor analyzed data from ...