Lifestyle Changes Could Help Prevent Alzheimer’s for the Genetically Predisposed
Drugs that are prescribed for Alzheimer’s offer patients little respite from the disease, but scientists have now found evidence that suggests non-drug methods could…
Drugs that are prescribed for Alzheimer’s offer patients little respite from the disease, but scientists have now found evidence that suggests non-drug methods could…
Considering the growing evidence that Alzheimer’s can manifest early as sensory problems like sight and hearing loss, it’s not surprising that many Alzheimer’s caregivers…
The terms dementia and Alzheimer’s are used interchangeably, but Alzheimer’s is actually just one type of dementia. Dementia is an umbrella term for a…
The leading theory in Alzheimer’s disease is that memory loss is the result of neuron death and nerve ending damage, which lead to memory…
A new study has found that hundreds of thousands of people with dementia could experience an improved life with a simple, non-drug medicine: music….
For some, a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can feel like a death sentence. After all, about half of those diagnosed with the…
Salt: Our bodies need it to function, but too much sodium can have dire consequences for cardiovascular health, like stroke, mounting research shows. Researchers at…
A study shows that excessive alcohol consumption is linked with slower reaction-time in aging. The effects of alcohol on brain health have long been…
Creeping levels of stress and anxiety could be a sign of impending Alzheimer’s disease, a 2018 study found. Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
Scientists have finally cracked the code of how an experimental new drug called J147, which has a proven track record of reversing Alzheimer’s disease…
It hasn’t been a good week for Alzheimer’s drug development. Pfizer, one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, announced that they would abandon the…
In the absence of a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are turning to out-of-the-box approaches to slow or ease the progression of the disease….
Pfizer, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has decided to halt any further development of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s drugs, the company announced on…
New advances in brain imaging have allowed scientists from Cambridge University to track how tau, a protein that accumulates in the brain in Alzheimer’s…
Poor sleep has long been linked to cognitive decline. A new study from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis has taken that link…