WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles ...

A suspected car thief led Los Angeles police officers on a chase on the southside of the city on Friday afternoon. It was not immediately clear when the chase began. It ended with an officer ...

Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a study published in Neuron, researchers report 'seeding' this accumulation through fragments of the ...

A Los Angeles County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the union for rank-and-file police officers against an LAPD commander accused of accessing emails, surveys and materials intended only ...

Keith and Val were thrilled when Helen O'Connor, Dementia Support Service Manager for Derbyshire Alzheimer's Society, phoned to say she had heard about the calendar and wanted to pilot the product in ...

In fact, a 2020 report in the medical journal The Lancet found that 12 controllable risk factors—including lack of exercise, smoking, and underlying conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes—are ...

For some, persistent daytime drowsiness can be more than just a function of getting older — it could be a warning sign of dementia. A new study has pinpointed when sleepiness during the day is a ...

The LAPD posted updates about the situation on X and said that around 8:45 p.m., officers responded to the 6400 block of Figueroa Street. Officers received calls of a man with a rifle who was ...

as well as the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, a multidisciplinary research center focused on finding effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson’s ...