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By LUKE ANDREWS U.S. SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER Strange table manners could be more than just quirks, they may be an early sign of dementia, experts have warned.  Frontotemporal dementia, the disease affecting actor Bruce Willis and approximately 60,000 other Americans, is caused by a gradual decline in the areas of the brain linked to personality and language abilities.  Warning signs include shifts …

A new study suggests that there’s a key lifestyle tweak you should make during retirement to protect your brain health. People who said they had a higher sense of purpose in life were about 28 percent less likely to develop cognitive impairment, including dementia, researchers found. Here’s how you can implement these findings to life a longer, healthier life. When …

Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, has revealed that he now lives in a “second home” away from his family amid his battle with frontotemporal dementia. The single-story residence is easier for the actor to navigate and allows him to receive round-the-clock care from his health team. “We are there a lot,” his wife told Diane Sawyer. “It’s our second …

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Bruce Willis is no longer living with wife Emma Heming Willis and their daughters, Mabel 13, and Evelyn, 11, amid his dementia diagnosis. During her ABC News interview with Diane Sawyer, Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey, Emma revealed that she moved her husband into a second home so that he can get around-the-clock care. She said it was …

Emma Heming Willis is opening up about life with her husband, Bruce Willis, amid his struggles with dementia. In a new interview with Diane Sawyer, she revealed the 70-year-old now lives in a nearby residence for round-the-clock care, calling it one of her hardest decisions. Emma Heming Willis admitted the illness has strained their marriage and taken away the ease …

A randomized twin trial found that a daily mix of protein and prebiotics improved performance on a sensitive memory test after 12 weeks. Scientists have been mapping how the gut microbiome communicates with the brain through immune, neural, and hormonal routes, an interconnected axis that shapes cognition across the lifespan. That big picture matters when we ask whether …

A growing body of research points to a deceptively simple prescription for healthy aging: eat Mediterranean-style, move a bit more, and get structured support.  Two major studies released this year – one a six-year clinical trial in Spain, the other a decades-long U.S. cohort analysis – reach the same conclusion from different angles.  The first, published in the …

Bruce Willis is now living in a separate one-story home, away from his family, but with round-the-clock care, as part of his dementia treatment, the actor’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, revealed in a new ABC special, Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey.  Heming Willis said moving her husband into his own place was “one of the hardest decisions” she’s had to make as a …

Studies have shown that everything from brushing your teeth to climbing the stairs can reveal signs of early dementia. And now, it seems that how you eat your dinner could indicate whether or not you’ve got a condition called frontotemporal dementia. The uncommon subtype of dementia affects about one in every 20 dementia patients, Dementia UK says. They say it’s …