Behavioral changes—such as anxiety, depression, irritability, apathy or agitation, collectively known as neuropsychiatric ...

We often discuss depression and dementia separately, although scientists have long observed a connection between the two: People with depression appear to have a higher likelihood of developing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small cluster of six specific depression symptoms in middle-aged patients has been linked to an increased risk of developing ...

Researchers from Denmark have uncovered strong evidence that depression often appears years before Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. The team, led by first author Christopher Rohde, analyzed ...

A recent study linked certain symptoms of depression, especially loss of confidence, difficulty coping, and poor concentration, to a higher risk of developing dementia later in life. The findings ...

Depression can have physical consequences. Research now suggests that when people get depressed in middle age and beyond, they're more likely to develop dementia in old age. But the link between ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Managing your blood pressure level is one way to reduce your risk for dementia, stroke and late ...

A combination of physical frailty and depression is associated with a substantially increased risk for subsequent dementia, exceeding the risk linked to either condition alone. In a cohort study of ...

Depression in middle age has previously been linked to an increased risk of dementia. But this relationship appears to be driven by a small cluster of six specific symptoms, rather than by depression ...