For the first time, researchers mapped the molecular structure of a beta-amyloid protein aggregate, or toxic proteins that accumulate in the brain and lead…
For the first time, researchers have discovered how beta-amyloid, the toxic protein that is often found in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains, affects the brain before…
Imagine if neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s could be treated by implanting a small device into the brain that would allow doctors to manipulate neurons…
As clinical trials targeting beta-amyloid plaques, toxic proteins that form in an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain, continue to fail, some researchers have started focusing their…
Judy Johanson says that after her husband, Steve, discovered he gave his boss a financial report at work, only to later realize he had…
Alzheimer’s researcher Judy Johanson shares first-hand wisdom for families facing an early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. People don’t expect that they’ll have to deal with Alzheimer’s…
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) recently awarded $3.5 million to researchers developing early detection tests for Alzheimer’s. A portion of that award went…
Accessing your genetic data through companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA is becoming more popular, but who owns the rights to your personal data? According…
Recently, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation gave researchers a $3.5 million award for promising early detection Alzheimer’s tests. We speak to Olivier Danos, who…
The National Institute on Aging is providing researchers with $3.5 million for a five-year study on the effectiveness of an app that will help…
While recent reports have found that Alzheimer’s is “the most expensive disease in America,” costing society more than a quarter of a trillion dollars,…
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have discovered that insulin nasal spray may improve cognitive function in obese and pre-diabetic adolescents, supporting previous…
We know that exercise could lower your dementia risk by up to 90 percent, but could meditation have a similar impact on the brain?…
Could epileptic seizures be a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease? A recent study has found that patients with dementia have an increased risk of having…
Between 50 and 70 million Americans live with a sleep disorder. While getting a bad night’s sleep has been linked to an increased dementia…