Some forgetfulness is part of the aging process. Recognizing when it could be something more can help families cope with a ...

Neuroscientists have taken a major step toward detecting Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages—long before memory loss ...

A Finnish population study shows that signs related to Alzheimer's disease may already be found in the brain in middle age.

A pen, paper, and 30 seconds might be all it takes to uncover if you are struggling with early dementia signs, as Fiona ...

The number of Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s each year is expected to double by 2060, with the majority of cases affecting women.

In those nations, MAID is available to a wider universe of pained people, not just those with fewer than six months to live.

After decades of setbacks, Alzheimer’s drug development is expanding beyond anti-amyloids, with a record number of trials and ...

SCIENTISTS have spent decades trying to understand what causes dementia. Is it alcohol? Obesity? Or are some of us simply ...

The benefit-risk balance is tipping more in favor of Eli Lilly’s Kisunla in early Alzheimer’s disease as the FDA ...

People in early stages of the disease may show other signs of cognitive deterioration such as being unable to follow directions or recipes, making serious financial errors, or struggling to maintain a ...

Neurons that die early in Alzheimer’s help drive brain waste removal. Treating this process sooner could change outcomes.

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