One recent analysis found that, over the course of three years, people taking semaglutide (the compound in Ozempic and the weight loss drug Wegovy) were about 40 to 70 percent less likely to be ...

ASU’s Banner Alzheimer’s lab may have discovered a link between a common virus infection and Alzheimer's disease.

New research uncovers how declining protein clearance mechanisms with age lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.

Jan. 15, 2025 — Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer's, new research has found. The findings provide new hope in the battle against this ...

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) may develop in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Aphasia is an impairment of speech and language comprehension which also affects the ability to read and write.

But a new mouse study shows one possible use case for xenon — as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The paper, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, shows the potential of ...

January is Alzheimer’s awareness month—but as prevalent as this disease has become in society, it is still poorly understood by most. For many, all that’s known is that it’s a progressive ...

Anavex Life Sci­ences is back with more da­ta for a pill that it’s look­ing to get ap­proved in a va­ri­ety of neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive and CNS dis­or­ders … ...

Its primary role is to manage your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. People with low melatonin may have trouble falling or staying asleep. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative ...

It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and screen for conditions like Parkinson's disease, brain tumors, substance abuse, and head trauma. Introduced in 2005, the MoCA test is an ...