Many people associate dementia — the degenerative brain disease that causes memory loss, confusion and speech problems — with the elderly. However, the fact of the matter is that the disease does not discriminate according to age. This is at least what doctors are seeing in the UK. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, about 850,000 …
If you’ve been lucky enough to walk down the aisle with your soulmate, you already know some of the obvious benefits of companionship. Now, scientists believe that marriage may also be beneficial for your health – think of it as a new way to ward off dementia. Recently, a group of researchers looked through medical …
Dementia is a condition that can tear apart families and relationships, and there have been few breakthroughs in terms of cures. Now, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine may give hope to those who are being affected by the ailment. The Framingham Heart Study shows that new rates of dementia may actually be …