FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The clock is running for people who’ve been diagnosed with dementia, but the time they have left depends on their age. Average life expectancy for people with ...

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over 2 years, respectively, in men, finds a systematic ...

Every time someone is diagnosed with dementia, they are filled with questions on their survival and how much more time they are left. Usually, it is a difficult question to face for healthcare ...

A medical expert highlights early warning signs of dementia that can manifest before memory issues become apparent, with some ...

The FDA is reviewing whether investigational suzetrigine-- billed as a nonaddictive opioid alternative -- should be approved for acute pain. (Washington Post) Ketamine use prevalence increased 82% ...

January 18, 2008 — A new study by British researchers finds that on average, people who are diagnosed with incident dementia survive for a median of 4.5 years, but survival varied between 10.7 and 3.8 ...

As life expectancy increases across the world, the challenge of keeping the brain sharp has become a central issue in public health. Cognitive decline is the leading threat to independence in old age, ...

Many family caregivers wish to stop cancer screening tests as dementia progresses, according to a study that evaluated qualitative data. The results were published online July 18 in the Journal of the ...