Alzheimer’s Most-Wanted List: The Targets for a Cure by 2025
Scientists know the physical changes in the brain that indicate Alzheimer’s disease happen decades before the life-altering symptoms take hold, thanks to detection techniques…
Scientists know the physical changes in the brain that indicate Alzheimer’s disease happen decades before the life-altering symptoms take hold, thanks to detection techniques…
Dr. David Satcher reflects on the current state of Alzheimer’s research, and his vision of the way forward. As a former U.S. Surgeon General,…
Why does Alzheimer’s happen to some, but not others? We know that certain factors like genetics and lifestyle are at play, but sometimes dementia…
Scientists looking for a new Alzheimer’s treatment have traditionally focused on the build-up of protein deposits such as beta-amyloid and tau in patients’ brains….
Nearly half of dementia cases are triggered, at least in part, by vascular disease, which causes a decrease in the blood supply to neurons…
September 28, 2017 Dr. Joanna Collingwood, Ph.D., a physicist at Warwick University in Coventry, England, leads a research team probing whether the iron particles…
Being Patient meets John Gallacher, Professor of Cognitive Health at Oxford University and Director of the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), to find out how…
Almost everyone who knows they carry the Alzheimer’s gene finds out the same way: sitting at a computer, poring intently over a screen that…
You’ve probably seen viral videos of patients with dementia suddenly experiencing renewed vigor after listening to a song from their youth. Previously slumped over…
We’ve all had moments of short-term memory loss or confusion: You find your keys in the fridge, you forget the name of the person…
Julie Gregory was at risk for Alzheimer’s. Here’s how genetic testing for Alzheimer’s changed her life. As she turned 50 years old, Julie Gregory…
Estrogen’s role in the brain is complicated when it comes to how it affects memory. According to neuroscientist Gillian Einstein, Ph.D, at the University…
People not familiar with Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia might use the terms interchangeably, but they’re actually two different diseases that not only have varying…
Delaying dementia by even five years could reduce the number of cases by one third. Scientists are trying to uncover the key measures that…
Cognitive decline actually starts in our 30s, though we don’t notice the symptoms for several years. Keeping your brain active and preventing dementia isn’t…