A recent report published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association highlights the need to develop "objective criteria" for diagnosing and staging all types of dementia, including LATE. LATE is a prevalent condition in late life ...

New drug approvals and a federal dementia care pilot program among the year's significant developments, according to the nonprofit.

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Frigid temperatures and unprecedented snowfall in various parts of the U.S. can pave the way for heightened dangers this season.

Alzheimer’s Association will be hosting a series of classes in Lawton but since their last announcement of classes, they have released an update on their class schedule.

People who care for patients with Alzheimer's or other dementia must be alert when winter weather turns dangerous, advises the Nebraska Alzheimer's Association.

However, in people with mild cognitive impairment, the presence of depressive symptoms was tied to a lower likelihood of amyloid pathology (OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.61-0.89, P =0.001), Oomens and colleagues said in JAMA Psychiatry.

New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) have just been published.

Experts say better management of lifestyle factors will help. That means eating healthy, maintaining a healthy weight, taking care of your mental health and addressing any hearing issues, as hearing loss is proven to increase dementia chances.

Vaccines, antibiotics, antiviral medications and anti-inflammatory drugs are all associated with a reduced risk of dementia, researchers reported in a study published Tuesday in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions .

Broad classes of drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, vaccines, anti-inflammatories and antihypertensives, were associated with a lower risk for dementia in a large analysis.

Some antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medications are linked to a reduced risk of dementia, a  study shows. The report was published Tuesday in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.