In Alzheimer’s, Personality and Cognitive Changes May Come Before Amyloid Plaques
When it comes to Alzheimer’s, what happens first: beta amyloid plaques, or the visible personality and cognitive changes common with the disease? Researchers have…
When it comes to Alzheimer’s, what happens first: beta amyloid plaques, or the visible personality and cognitive changes common with the disease? Researchers have…
With repeated drug failures to treat Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, scientists are racing to find a vaccine to prevent the disease from evolving….
Chinese officials announced conditional approval to a seaweed-based drug in November. Now, it’s available on the Chinese market. Oligomannate is the first drug to…
The exact causes behind dementia are varied and at times unclear. We know that genetic factors — like carrying the APOE4 gene — can…
Having conversations about end of life care is difficult at any age, but for seniors, it can be especially difficult. Facing your mortality is…
Talk with an Alzheimer’s researcher and you’ll likely hear the same lament: Finding a treatment or cure is incredibly challenging because scientists are not…
As research into a cure — or at least treatment — for Alzheimer’s continues, scientists are looking beyond the pathways of targeting tau or…
Biogen announced this week that it was cancelling the dementia drug it was testing in a Phase 2 trial that aimed to fight tau…
Congressional leaders gave the Alzheimer’s and dementia communities an early holiday present this week, announcing an additional $350 million annual appropriation for research into…
Staying aerobically fit, and sticking to an exercise routine like running, is good for your brain and overall health. But new research points towards…
Last week, Biogen announced that its Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab was effective in combating Alzheimer’s disease, and that it would be reviving a trial cancelled…
In the first study published about Alzheimer’s disease among identical triplets, researchers in Canada suggest that the development of dementia is not exclusively linked…
Lonni Schicker had spent most of her life being active, and working as a nurse and a teacher — but that all changed when…
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia are caused by specific protein clumps — like tau or beta amyloid. But researchers are still investigating how…
Can that morning cup of coffee actually help prevent Alzheimer’s disease? A new report from the Institute on Scientific Information on Coffee in Europe…