Nearly half of dementia cases are triggered, at least in part, by vascular disease, which causes a decrease in the blood supply to neurons…
Carrying the ApoE4 gene is known as the single largest risk factor for Alzheimer’s, besides age itself. The presence of ApoE4 has been found…
Being Patient meets John Gallacher, Professor of Cognitive Health at Oxford University and Director of the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), to find out how…
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is as frustrating as it is heartbreaking. By the time a patient is diagnosed, there is little that can be…
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…
Is an Alzheimer’s smell test accurate? While a changing sense of smell could be related to changes in the brain, diagnosing a disease like Alzheimer’s…
One of the things that makes Alzheimer’s disease so hard to treat is that scientists still don’t understand the basic biology behind what’s driving…
For decades, humans were thought to be the only species to develop Alzheimer’s disease. But in a study published this week in the journal…
We know that Alzheimer’s disease is defined by the presence of beta amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain but scientists are still…
We’ve all been told that five a day keeps the doctor away but now it looks like certain fruits and vegetables could help delay…
Scientists find that people with beta-amyloid plaques have worse cognitive functions than those without. Research has proven that the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s — beta…
We’ve been told that poor sleep interrupts the brain’s natural process of eliminating waste and calibrating memory, but a new study by researchers at…
Dr. Tara Spires-Jones, Director of the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems at the University of Edinburgh, is trying to understand how synapses are…
New research suggests that light therapy holds the potential to treat symptoms of dementia. In a new study, researchers have applied a type of…