Dementia coverage.

‘He-Man’ creator Roger Sweet dead at 91 after dementia battle as fans rallied to help in final months

Sweet — the mind behind the muscle-bound star of ’80s animation “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” — passed away peacefully Tuesday morning at a care facility, his wife Marle…

Dementia risk rises with common food type millions eat every day, study suggests

A new study from Australia links ultraprocessed food consumption to lower attention scores and higher dementia risk, even among those who follow otherwise healthy diets.…

Former Giants, Rams Linebacker Suspected of Having CTE Dies

A former linebacker who played for four NFL teams over six seasons died at 85 after battling dementia associated with CTE.…

Research paper that for the first time maps the genetics of how individual regions of the brain age —and why some of those regions are the very ones most ravaged by Alzheimer’s and dementia