1.7m 'will have dementia by 2051'
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More than 1.7 million in the UK will have dementia by 2051, costing billions of pounds each year, experts forecast.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.
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An herbal medicine used in Asia for 2,000 years can reduce the impact of dementia, a small study suggests.
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Never mind the tablets - heart disease could be cut by 76% and men could expect to live more than six years longer if they simply ate the right meal once a day, doctors said yesterday.
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The Prime Minister has waded into the pensions crisis by calling for people not to be &quot;written off&quot; at the age of 65. He was speaking ahead of a long-awaited official report which is expected to show a multi
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Â· Budget plan undermines UN deal with Sudan Â· Arrears likely to reach $1bn by end of 2007
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People 60 and older who undergo elective surgery may be at higher risk of lasting memory problems, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Â· Healthier lifestyles offer protection from dementia Â· Overweight children lead to fears of rise in disease
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More than one billion people will be over 60 years old by 2025 and, as populations age, the burden of chronic diseases will increase.
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Research and investment into  brain-related illnesses is growing at an unprecedented rate as  scientific advances coincide with the demands of an aging  baby-boom population determined to beat the odds.
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For years, experts have known that high blood pressure is related to poor cognitive performance in older adults and can lead to adverse changes in the brain.
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that two years after major non-cardiac surgery, 42 percent of elderly patients will have experienced a measurable cognitive decline.
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Life expectancy in the United States is set to drop within the next 50 years due to obesity, one of the world's top experts on the subject said on Wednesday.
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By Edward D. Murphy staff writer  March 11, 2007, may not have the ominous overtones of Jan. 1, 2000, but the date could cause a few of the headaches that people worried would come with the new millennium.
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At 72, the famous mentalist is still full of ambitious predictions.
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People with dementia survive an average four-and-a-half years after diagnosis, researchers said on Friday in a study they hope might help care-givers plan for patients with Alzheimer's and other, similar illnesses.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- Unless Americans make some lifestyle changes now, the number of Alzheimer's disease cases in the United States will double to 6 million by 2030, say experts who caution that their estimates are on the low side.