The internet is abuzz with claims that biomarker blood tests are the key to predicting dementia 15 years out. Indeed, up to now, the…
Nothing is more exciting than when my favorite basketball team, the Toronto Raptors, announced that they were signing a star player that could help…
An Alzheimer’s blood biomarker test can’t actually determine whether or not a person has Alzheimer’s disease — but it can help signal to doctors…
Alzheimer’s blood tests: a new frontier in neurodegenerative diagnostics, getting the world a big step closer to earlier, more accessible Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But it’s…
About 14 of every 100 of Black Americans older than 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, compared 10 in 100 white Americans of the same age…
Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke,…
Even after decades of studying Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other similar conditions, scientists still don’t know what exactly causes the disease to develop. What they…
In order to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, it needs to be diagnosed early — so early that symptoms may hardly even…
As people age, the wear and tear on their blood vessels caused by high blood pressure, cholesterol, or other cardiovascular risk factors, damages the…
I’ve always been a bit of a technology geek. I still have a few memories of sitting at my desk at the ACLU’s Washington…
As of a landmark policy change in October 2023, Medicare now covers PET scans to look for Alzheimer’s biomarker beta-amyloid in the brain for…
Are doctors able to spot the signs of cognitive impairment in their older patients? According to two new research studies, doctors miss the majority…
Today in the United Kingdom, people who are concerned they may be showing the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia…
Driven by advances in new biomarker detection technologies and the approval of Leqembi — a disease-modifying therapy — scientists are updating the definition of…
For people living with dementia and their caregivers, the term Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) may be familiar. Often the first diagnosis many patients receive,…