Reading every day may reduce dementia risk, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry in July 2018. Researchers at Hong Kong’s Elderly Health…
Researchers have found more evidence that Alzheimer’s may be detected through a simple blood test. The latest study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The…
A study launched over two years ago using gamma light therapy to reduce beta-amyloid plaques in mice has proven to be a non-conventional treatment…
A drug designed to improve memory formation is now recruiting early-stage Alzheimer’s patients in 60 areas around the country for a Phase II clinical…
Before being diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor to vascular dementia, at age 61, Gerda Saunders noticed she was having trouble with her…
Cyndy Feasel, the widow of a former NFL player, says that she believes her husband Grant’s struggle with alcoholism triggered his depression, agitation and…
When a doctor does a standard check at a well visit—ears, eyes, heartbeat, blood pressure, etc.—they should add sense of smell to that list,…
Alzheimer’s is a devastating diagnosis, but the patient is not the only one who needs to worry about their health: Studies show that 40…
Some people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s may actually have a newly defined type of dementia that mimics the disease’s symptoms but is…
Gerda Saunders, an author and former gender studies professor in Salt Lake City, Utah, was diagnosed with microvascular dementia in 2010 at age 60….
Imagine if doctors could assess people who will most likely be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease long before they show signs of memory loss. This…
Rachel O’Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to six older adults sitting around a table: How should primary care physicians support…
In 10 years, more than half of middle-income Americans age 75 or older will not be able to afford to pay for yearly assisted…
Light physical activity—even an activity as simple as retrieving your mail or taking the dog on a walk—could keep your brain healthy, according to…
Earlier this year, the F.D.A. issued a warning to Ambrosia, a company that was selling plasma transfusions of “young blood” to elderly people, suggesting…