Could an ultrasound unlock the secret to curing Alzheimer’s? Results from a recent study show that using the sound waves emitted by an ultrasound…
The long search for a drug to slow the decline of Alzheimer’s may have reached a turning point. Pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai have…
Bill Gates announced that he will pledge $30 million to funding a way to detect Alzheimer’s in the earliest stages, before symptoms like memory…
Could an aspirin a day keep dementia away? A new study has added to the list of evidence that anti-inflammatories like aspirin might be…
What if a drug to press rewind on the damage Alzheimer’s causes already exists? That’s what researchers at Temple University asked when they gave…
Does the herpes virus play a role in Alzheimer’s development? A new study funded by the National Institutes on Aging and led by several…
When doctors deliver pulses of electricity deep into the brain, they see improvements in diseases like diabetes, Parkinson’s, and even depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder….
For years, hopes have been raised and then dashed in the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s as drugs that pass stage 2 clinical…
Have you ever met someone in their 80s, or even 90s, who could recall facts faster than a Google search engine? Those people, according…
Transferring memories between two beings sounds like something better left to fictional “Harry Potter” characters. But scientists at University of California, Los Angeles, have…
Researchers study fruit flies for ways to manipulate certain enzymes and improve Alzheimer’s symptoms. Could the cure for Alzheimer’s be unlocked by studying fruit…
The Alzheimer’s clinical trial success rate isn’t pretty: A 99.6 percent failure rate means there are only four approved drugs to treat Alzheimer’s on…
Do you ever wonder why you feel so good when you hear an old favorite song you know all the words to, but you…
Any Alzheimer’s drug under development has a complicated journey from formulation to clinical trials to potentially getting in the hands of patients. We spoke…
In a mice study, researchers have developed an antibody to clears amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s. Most scientists believe that Alzheimer’s is caused…