Updated guidance on vascular cognitive impairment emphasizes executive function and processing speed, endorses brief, ...

There’s no specific test to confirm you have vascular dementia. Doctors often arrive at a diagnosis after considering your symptoms and observations from a neurological exam, lab tests, and brain ...

Scientists have found that adding a missing phospholipid back into the bloodstream might help improve blood flow and reduce ...

Vascular dementia - cognitive impairment caused by disease in the brain's small blood vessels - is a widespread problem, but it has not been as thoroughly studied as Alzheimer's disease, in which ...

Neurologist Professor Catherine Mummery encourages us to look at our lives and see if there’s anything to improve to protect ...

A University of New Mexico scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of dementia — damage in the brain’s tiny blood vessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to ...

To identify and follow blood vessel-related changes in the brain that contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia, researchers and clinicians typically rely on MRI to evaluate 'downstream' ...

A three-step process underscores new clinical practice guidelines for primary and specialty care clinicians to evaluate patients who may have cognitive impairment or dementia due to Alzheimer's or a ...

Smoking has long been suspected to contribute to cognitive decline, but uncertainty has persisted regarding its relationship ...

Dementia represents far more than occasional forgetfulness or confusion. This collection of cognitive conditions affects millions worldwide, fundamentally altering lives and challenging our ...

Everywhere you look, there is a great deal of fear about the possibility of developing dementia as you get older. A new study ...