People with dementia should be able to end their lives if they feel they are a burden to others or to the NHS, according to a respected ethicist. Baroness Mary...

The expert on medical ethics said yesterday that elderly people with dementia are wasting people’s lives, family’s lives, and the resources of the National...

A drug used to lower blood pressure could prevent or delay thousands of Alzheimer’s cases, US research has suggested

Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90 Study, one of the...

A new study from the UK suggests that low levels of the “good” HDL cholesterol is linked to poor memory, and decline in memory, in middle aged adults.

Men and women with short arms and legs are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s in later life, claim scientists. They believe every extra inch on a limb can help...