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…
Want to slow down, or possibly prevent, age-related memory loss? A new study in the journal Neurology suggests that certain daily activities may do…
Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia characterized by abnormal protein clumps and tangles in the brain. It is a progressive – and for…
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