The hunt for the genetic causes of Alzheimer’s is underway. But there are more than 20,000 genes encoded in our DNA — and that’s…
Thinking about leaving you brain to science? Director of the University of Sydney’s Brain Bank Greg Sutherland explains how and why to consider it….
If you or a loved one is going through the diagnostic process for Alzheimer’s, one of the terms you’re likely to hear quite a…
When brain cells become starved of oxygen and sugar, they start dying. Many researchers believe that this process of neuronal death is a driving…
Donald Weaver, a researcher and physician who acts as co-director at the Krembil Brain Institute, provides evidence that Alzheimer’s is a result of the…
Although it has long been known that women are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s than men – two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women –…
Ever since German physician Alois Alzheimer first described the disease in 1906, scientists have searched for the root cause of Alzheimer’s. Though the most…
The gold-standard methods for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease are lumbar punctures and PET brain scans. But these methods can be uncomfortable — not to mention…
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…
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…
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…
During the height of the AIDS crisis 35 years ago, a few hundred people gathered one night in the NYC Lesbian and Gay Community…