Here’s some really bad news to start your week — your odds of developing dementia are much higher than previously thought. Prior research suggested that up to 14% of men and 23% of women in ...

About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher ...

Dementia is top of mind for Dr. Nathaniel Chin — not only because he’s the medical director for the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention but also because his father, Dr. Moe Chin ...

Jan. 17, 2025 – Recent headlines that suggested up to 42% of people ages 55 and older face an eventual dementia diagnosis may have lit up the appointment call centers for neurology offices ...

As the US population ages, the number of people diagnosed with dementia each year is projected to double – from about 514,000 cases in 2020 to about 1 million a year by 2060. Much of this trend ...

Around one million Americans may develop some form of dementia every year by 2060, according to a study published on Monday in Nature Medicine. The latest forecast suggests a massive and harrowing ...

The dementia risk was greater for women and Black Americans, the study found. New cases of dementia in the United States are projected to double in the next three decades, a new study suggests.

The fight against dementia actually starts in your 40s. Midlife, not your 70s or 80s, is when brain changes start to occur ...

Up to 4 in 10 People Could Develop Dementia After 55. What You Can Do to Lower Your Risk WASHINGTON (AP) — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly ...

Overall, the lifetime dementia risk after age 55 was 35% for men and 48% for women, the researchers concluded. Women generally live longer than men, a main reason for that difference, Coresh noted ...