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About 5.5 million Americans live with dementia, requiring US$53 billion in annual medical spending on doctor visits, hospitalizations, medications, home health aides and nursing homes. But the true cost of dementia care in the U.S. is far higher because it relies heavily on unpaid care from family and friends.

Willis gave the channel a ratings boost when she joined in 1983

Donanemab and lecanemab are targeted antibody drugs that slow down the early stages of Alzheimer’s.

Repeatedly heading a soccer ball alters the brain, a world-leading Australian study has found, but the long-term impacts still need to be investigated.

Close to eight million adults in the US have symptoms of dementia and 500,000 people are diagnosed every year.

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for between 60% and 70% of all cases.

‘I wish I asked you more questions while you could still tell me about it all,’ ‘Die Hard’ star’s daughter said

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AviadoBio’s breakthrough therapy hopes to stop progress of FTD, which is usually diagnosed in people under 65

The This Morning presenter tells Lisa Salmon how hard it is to juggle her hectic work schedule with being a new mum and seeing her elderly parents.

In patients showing cognitive decline, a new blood test for Alzheimer's is expected to make diagnosis more convenient, accessible and inexpensive than other existing tests.