Update 17 July, 2024, 3:14 p.m. ET: Cassava Sciences CEO and SVP of neuroscience have resigned from the company following news of federal probes….
Drugmaker Alzheon is currently running clinical trials on a new disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment: valiltramiprosate, or ALZ-801. While, like the new buzzy new Alzheimer’s monoclonal…
About one in twenty Americans report feeling isolated or lonely very often. These feelings, as scientists have found, aren’t innocuous: People who experience social…
Roughly a quarter of all Americans over the age of 40 in the U.S. take statin drugs — which lower levels of cholesterol —…
Alzheimer’s disease affects one in 10 people over the age of 65. One of the strongest genetic risk factors for developing the disease is…
When Alois Alzheimer first described the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease more than 100 years ago, he spotted the telltale signs of the…
One reader recently wrote to us concerned that they have Alzheimer’s. “My memory has gotten a lot worse,” this Being Patient reader commented. “I…
Today, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) eleven-person advisory committee unanimously voted, (11-0) that Eli Lilly’s anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug donanemab was effective, and that…
More than 38 million Americans have diabetes, 16.8 million of them over the age of 65. In addition to increasing the risk of heart…
How does science go from the lab to the news stand? Scientists design experiments to test an idea or hypothesis. Some experiments involve lots…
What should you do when your loved one is newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s? Receiving this life-changing news can shatter your world, so it is…
Your phone rings out of the blue. It’s an unknown number. Picking up, you hear a gruff, aggressive voice on the other end. They…
While many genes can affect your risk of developing Alzheimer’s, most have a very small effect. The most common gene linked to late-onset Alzheimer’s…
Across Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, protein plaques and deposits in the brain — like beta-amyloid, tau, and TDP-43 — are linked to inflammation,…
Wildfires, gasoline, oil, and wood fuels release plumes of pollutants that negatively impact lung and brain health. Most of these health risks come from…