Jan. 15, 2025 — Most treatments being pursued today to protect against Alzheimer's disease focus on amyloid plaques and tau tangles that accumulate in the brain, but new research points to a ...

Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains both a physician guide and a downloadable/printable patient ...

I have a special interest in Alzheimer’s disease. For nearly 25 years, I practiced general neurology in Portland, Oregon, and ...

His choice to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz, has frequently referred to his mother’s Alzheimer’s disease and that experience ...

Understanding dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is essential for maintaining a proactive approach to our well-being.

For decades, scientists have been trying to develop therapeutics for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive ...

It could also be given to patients whose families have a history of Alzheimer's, to prevent them developing the disease. The research by British, American and Canadian scientists, was being hailed ...

The number of Americans who will develop dementia—a progressive decline in memory, thinking skills, communication, and ...

Is HCMV to blame for Alzheimer's disease in some people? HCMV can infect humans of all ages. In most healthy individuals, infection occurs without symptoms but may present as a mild, flu-like illness.

The search for answers to Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders remains one of the most pressing goals in brain research. Maciej J. Stawikowski, Ph.D., an assistant professor of ...

obtaining information about the patient's risk profile for AD or a related disease (e.g., age, family history of dementia, hypertension, smoking); describing the history of symptoms and their ...