Late-onset depression may be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease (PD) or Lewy Body dementia (LBD), according to a December study published in General Psychiatry. The study examined data from the ...

New research suggests that depression in later life may be more than an emotional response to illness—it could be an early sign of serious brain disease. A new nationwide study published in General ...

"Every day there’s new grief," says a caretaker in PEOPLE's exclusive clip from the documentary 'Facing the Wind' The heartbreaking toll of dementia is explored in a new documentary, Facing the Wind, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like most variations of dementia, LBD is a complex neurodegenerative disorder, and the exact causes are not yet completely ...

Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that something isn't right. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

A reminder from an earlier post: Dementia is not a disease, per se. It is a cluster of symptoms that stem from many potential diseases. The field of gerontology refers to Alzheimer’s Disease and ...

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Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published May 28, 2022. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

Downton Abbey actor Nathalie Baye has died aged 77 after a battle with Lewy body dementia. Baye appeared in Downton Abbey: A New Era as Madame de Montmirail and had roles in around 100 films - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Every day there’s new grief," says a caretaker in PEOPLE's exclusive clip from the documentary 'Facing the Wind' The ...