As the number of people with dementia grows, scientists are rushing to figure out a faster diagnosis process. And researchers from University College London think…
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is tricky: Is it a bad day and the normal forgetfulness that accompanies old age, or is it the beginning signs…
Dementia has a silent beginning, according to most scientists. The changes in the brain that lead to diseases like Alzheimer’s begin decades before symptoms…
Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the front lines of disasters…
“Imagine a world where diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease is as simple as getting your blood tested during your annual physical,” Bill Gates wrote in a…
By the time a patient gets a dementia diagnosis, usually the signs have been apparent for a while, either to a loved one or…
Alzheimer’s is not a disease that just affects memory, as many people who haven’t had firsthand experience might assume. Alzheimer’s affects your entire body,…
Experimental drugs for Alzheimer’s disease have a 99.6 percent failure rate. Not such a great track record. But, according to an expert in the…
Almost anyone over the age of 30 can tell you that their memory is not quite as sharp as it used to be. Whether…
Decades of research on genetics has revealed some possible reasons for why Alzheimer’s develops in some brains and not others. We know that chances…
We know that the greatest risk for Alzheimer’s is age–the older you get, the higher your risk of developing the disease. One in ten…
What if all that was required to foretell memory problems was a simple eye exam? By looking deeply into your eyes with special imaging…
When Donald Trump aced a cognitive test in January, scores of people tried to take it, too, based mostly on media reports that invited them…
A 2018 study, published by the medical journal Neurology, showed that asking patients to do the simple task of walking backward while multitasking could…
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis has historically been difficult to confirm. Until recently, only an autopsy could detect Alzheimer’s with certainty. Now, doctors rely on expensive…