Owners often report aimless pacing, barking at nothing, soiling in the house and anxiety for no apparent reason.

Dog dementia, medically known as canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD), is a progressive neurological disorder affecting many ...

Dogs are like family. They’re always there, wagging their tails when we come home, curling up next to us when we’re feeling ...

Mike Sumner has struggled with the effects of dementia for 5 years, but now Pepper has brought him so much joy and purpose.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, most people who ...

Feline dementia mirrors human Alzheimer’s, hinting that cats may help reveal how memory fades — and how it could be restored.

When Katie Fyfe moved her father John in next door due to his Alzheimer's, it gave them both an unexpected new lease of life ...

Dementia is a leading cause of disability and dependency among seniors globally. It is also the seventh leading cause of death. While the most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ...

An estimated seven million in the United States suffer from Alzheimer’s. And there are an estimated 12 million unpaid family ...

One million people in the UK have dementia and it already kills more people than cancer or heart disease - usually from ...

Alzheimer's disease is cruel and capricious: its memory loss can be ­infuriating, inopportunely funny, tragic and invariably ...

The intense inflammation that accompanies shingles can harm the brain, researchers say. Vaccination may be able to prevent ...