Small brain lesions, detectable only on scans, have been linked to the loss of thinking skills and dementia. ...more

November 29, 2008

A Burbank, Calif., man entered a written plea of not guilty via his attorney after being accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a Lorida citrus grove. ...more

November 28, 2008

Monday's article regarding the frequency of Silver Alerts in the state of Florida left me afraid to drive on our roadways. It is hard to believe that there have been 19 alerts in less than 60 days. ...more

November 26, 2008

It happened again last week. An 82-year-old St. Petersburg man suffering from dementia drove away from his home about 10 a.m. Wednesday and never returned. ...more

November 24, 2008

Dear Lyn: My mother is 82 and was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2002. She lives with my husband and me. She currently believes she has two little children other than her five grown children. She has these spells in which she starts worrying about them and is afraid they are outside alone and can't get into the house. Sometimes she thinks they are ages 9 and 10. Other times she thinks they are about 2 years old. ...more

November 22, 2008

The frequency of Silver Alerts has officials worried that motorists will quit paying attention to highway signs that give information on missing elderly drivers. ...more

November 20, 2008

Employees, family members and friends of Freedom Plaza will be walking in the Freedom Plaza Sun City Center Memory Walk 2008 to help find a cure for Alzheimer's. Freedom Plaza is part of Brookdale Senior Living, an Independent Living Community. ...more

November 19, 2008

The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. ...more

November 19, 2008

About five years ago, Maureen Kerr couldn't understand why her husband, Desmond, seemed so defensive and why they wound up arguing so much. ...more

November 17, 2008

I look in her eyes and I wonder: Is this a good day or a bad day? ...more

November 15, 2008