When Michele Hall began experiencing alarming memory problems, her doctors initially suggested that she was going through menopause or perhaps experiencing unusual levels of…
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…
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…
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…
Scientists examine the curious case of a woman with genes for early-onset Alzheimer’s who never developed the disease. In an autopsied brain, they found…
Even though Alzheimer’s may start 20 years before symptoms first appear, there are no non-invasive diagnostics to detect it. An initiative called the Diagnostics…
It may be common knowledge that high-sugar, high-fat junk food (think: fried foods, milkshakes, pastries, cakes and cookies) aren’t good for your waistline, but…
Until a few decades ago, most scientific research and clinical drug trials were done in men. That means that, even though certain differences between…
At this year’s AAIC, the developer of an Alzheimer’s blood test debuts promising data, while the Alzheimer’s Association warns new blood-based biomarkers aren’t quite…
In the midst of a media frenzy around fraud allegations and a key Alzheimer’s drug target, reporter Phil Gutis reflects on his personal experience…
The media is reporting that recent fraud allegations undermine the leading theory about the cause of Alzheimer’s. But some of the field’s most established…
University of Sydney research fellow Camilla Hoyos discusses new findings that indicate treatment of sleep apnea can improve memory in people with cognitive decline….
Dozens of drugs designed to target and clear beta-amyloid plaques in the brain have failed to prevent or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease….
There were more than 140 experimental Alzheimer’s drugs in clinical trials as of the start of 2022. On the one hand, this number inspires…
Providing medical aid in dying (MAID) — sometimes referred to as “death with dignity” — is fraught with both legal and ethical concerns. Yet,…