Journalist and “On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s” author Greg O’Brien discusses his early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis and advice he’d offer others who have…
The Alzheimer’s gene ApoE4 appears to affect the brain and cognition function in childhood, which is much earlier than anyone suspected, according to new…
By all accounts the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe dementia. She was largely incoherent. Her short-term memory was terrible. She…
How much walking does it take to keep your brain resilient against Alzheimer’s? Researchers have discovered the ideal amount of daily moderate exercise needed…
Tau protein tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, develop differently in women than in men, and spread faster and more easily in women. This…
By living a healthy lifestyle, people with a high genetic risk of Alzheimer’s can lower their risk of getting the disease. That’s according to…
While not every elderly person develops Alzheimer’s, age is a risk factor for the disease. Currently, one in 10 people over the age of…
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