Statins, long hailed for lowering cholesterol, might offer an unexpected benefit beyond heart health—they could help slow ...

The most common dementia in the elderly, Alzheimer disease places tremendous physical and emotional strain on patient and caregiver alike.

Under new draft guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, unveiled on Sunday at a large international gathering of experts, these memory tests would take a backseat to biomarkers ...

A new study suggests that a treatment for Alzheimer's, the most common type of dementia, can also treat the second most common type – dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

Today at the International Alzheimer's Congress (AAIC) in Amsterdam, new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease developed by clinicians and researchers from around the world were presented ...

For the first time in 27 years, clinical diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease dementia have been revised, and research guidelines for earlier stages of the disease characterized. They mark ...

The first new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in nearly 30 years establish earlier stages of the mind-robbing disease, paving the way for spotting and possibly treating these ...

For the first time in 27 years, the guidelines clinicians use for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease have changed, emphasizing earlier detection and biological tests for the illness. The National ...