Music-based therapeutic interventions may improve depressive symptoms and overall behavioral problems in the short t ...

Now, close to 4 million people have seen Kanters use her voice to serenade a woman with the patient and her husband's favorite song as she made her final journey home after learning there was no more ...

Care providers have warned the government that the UK social care system is "at breaking point" as it struggles with rising demand and high costs. It comes as thousands of care and support ...

It’s a conclusion that some experts consider unwarranted. “We found that patients with dementia who took antidepressants had greater cognitive decline over time,” said senior study author ...

The Tsimané people boast the “healthiest hearts on the planet” and brains that age far more slowly than their Western counterparts, with just 1% of the population showing signs of dementia.

Musicals, for example, can be particularly engaging for people with dementia. Evidence suggests that the brain processes music differently from other functions ... Newer films can work as well, but it ...

But a specific class of antidepressant medications -- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- actually might speed up brain decline among some dementia patients, a new Swedish study ...

from the UK Dementia Research Institute, said the next step is to test the results in real patients. 'We first need to work out which specific fatty acid would be best to test in humans ...

Increasing levels of fatty acids in the cells of people with MND or frontotemoral dementia ... patients. Prof Isaacs added: “We first need to work out which specific fatty acid would be best ...

Dementia patients who took a common form of antidepressants saw faster declines in thinking ability, a study has shown. The Alzheimer’s Society has called for regular medication reviews for ...