World Alzheimer’s Day, observed on September 21 each year, is a crucial moment for raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Established in 1994 and formally ...

An Endangered Missing Adult Alert has been issued for a 38-year-old woman with dementia who left her Dayton home Sunday and ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive form of dementia that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. Learn about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and more.

Risk factors for Alzheimer's include age, genetics, family history, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, smoking, poor sleep, and lack of physical or mental activity.

For some people with a high risk of Alzheimer's who received a drug called gantenerumab for eight years, their risk of developing symptoms was cut in half, according to a new srudy.

On examination of her brain, physician Alois Alzheimer discovered the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that are hallmarks of what we now call Alzheimer’s disease.

Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39.

Up to 8 in 10 Americans carry a common viral infection that may raise the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.

To deny this as self-indulgence is to misread not just the emotional landscape of dementia, but its existential core: the ...

Donald Trump's nephew Fred C. Trump III is opening up about his family's often-overlooked history of dementia — and how his uncle's recent behavior reminds him of the other Trumps who have faced ...

In the 118-year history of Alzheimer’s disease, progress has never been more rapid. Advances in treatment, early detection and prevention have the potential to change our perspective on this ...