DALLAS: Eyes downcast, head bowed, hands clasped and legs crossed; Eddie, an introverted wheelchair user, had been in a dementia skilled nursing home for a decade when he began sessions with arts charity Age Exchange.

“He wasn’t talking, and more or less stayed in this bound Read More »

DALLAS: Despite known risks of serious side effects, especially in older adults, the fraction of seniors treated with antipsychotic medications increases with age, researchers have found. Such medications may be appropriate for treating certain mental disorders, yet more than three-quarters of seniors receiving an antipsychotic Read More »

HOUSTON: Recent research has found that Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia and REM sleep behaviour disorder are all related. When we are asleep our body goes through different sleep phases, the deepest of which is known as rapid eye movement, or REM. During normal REM Read More »

PHOENIX: GlaxoSmithKline and five other major drugmakers have teamed up with the UK government to launch the world’s first venture capital fund dedicated to finding new ways to prevent and treat dementia.

The Department of Health, the charity Alzheimer’s Research UK and the six pharmaceutical Read More »