While scientists don’t know yet what causes Alzheimer’s, beta-amyloid protein plaques remain one of the prime suspects. While many approaches have focused on clearing…
Researchers in Denmark say they’ve found that destroying a certain gene can prevent early-onset Alzheimer’s. The test subjects who helped them prove it: a…
Around the time Martin Philips’s wife Linda stopped speaking, he was puzzled by a new behavior. Linda, who had been diagnosed with Lewy body…
TauRx is currently running a Phase 3 trial called LUCIDITY for what they hope will become the first ever Alzheimer’s pill. But they’ve had…
Last week, star quarterback for the Miami Dolphins Tuanigamanuolepola “Tua” Tagovailoa had an alarming head injury on the field – just days after a…
Does diet soda have a dementia link? Despite the occasional media frenzy over whether Diet Coke causes Alzheimer’s, here’s what the existing, credible, published…
The majority of Alzheimer’s research to date has been conducted in white participants. For example, the first FDA-approved anti-amyloid drug to treat Alzheimer’s, Aduhelm,…
Here’s a theory: Alzheimer’s biomarker beta-amyloid could — rather than killing the brain — actually be trying to defend it. The provocative idea builds on…
When Michele Hall began experiencing alarming memory problems, her doctors initially suggested that she was going through menopause or perhaps experiencing unusual levels of…
Sometimes I look up and see my future staring at me, wagging her tail. Her name is Beatrice. She’s a 16-year-old cattle dog mix…
Drugmakers Eisai and Biogen just announced the success of their latest Phase 3 trial for the Alzheimer’s anti-amyloid drug lecanemab, setting the stage for…
Every second, the 100 billion neurons in your brain fire off five to 50 electrical messages. This encodes instructions that are important for everything…
The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies. In…
University of Birmingham neurology fellow and dreams researcher Abidemi Otaiku discusses his new study on nightmares as a possible predictor of cognitive decline or…
Like an aged book, DNA in the brain acquires wear and tear during your lifespan. Earlier this year, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital…