America’s aging population means that more families are soon going to be grappling with a heartbreaking issue—a loved one living with dementia who then develops…
Cedars-Sinai investigators have produced the most extensive analysis to date of changes in the retina—a layer of tissue at the back of the eye where…
Artifical intelligence approach may help detect Alzheimer’s disease from routine brain imaging tests
Although investigators have made strides in detecting signs of Alzheimer’s disease using high-quality brain imaging tests collected as part of research studies, a team at…
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who follow a Mediterranean diet may have a lower risk for problems with memory and thinking skills than those who…
A self-administered screening tool, developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers, can effectively and efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults.
Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale study.
Scientists have found a novel way to block the transportation of mutant RNA and subsequent production of toxic repeat proteins that lead to the death…
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), one of the most common forms of dementia, has no cure. Previous studies suggested that gut bacteria, the microorganisms that…
Certain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, are currently considered “undruggable” because traditional small molecule drugs can’t interfere with the proteins responsible for the illnesses. But a new…
Cholesterol tremendously increases the toxicity of a peptide implicated in Alzheimer’s progression, according to research by scientists in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in…