Dementia is a broad term describing a decline in cognitive function that impairs memory, thinking, and daily functioning. While it affects both men and women worldwide, research consistently shows ...

In case women and people assigned female at birth didn't have enough problems, a study revealed that some of us may be at higher risk for dementia than others—and that's a portion of us who are ...

Increasing sleepiness over 5 years doubled dementia risk among cognitively unimpaired women in their 80s. Sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, and nap duration and frequency were individually ...

Older women experiencing increased daytime sleepiness may need to pay attention to more than just feeling tired. Revolutionary research from the University of California, San Francisco has uncovered a ...

An excessive accumulation of fat in the abdominal area in middle-aged women is a risk factor for cognitive decline, say ...

Professor Emer McGrath at the University of Galway found that Estrogen may be a “modifiable target” to tackle dementia in ...

CHICAGO — A woman's reproductive history influences her risk for dementia, new results from the first large-scale epidemiologic study to examine this issue show. The investigators, led by Paola ...

(NewsNation) — An increase in sleepiness for women in their 80s could double the likelihood of brain health decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia, according to a new study. The research, ...

Dementia deaths have risen steadily over the past decade, reflecting Australia's ageing population, according to the ABS.