The total economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States will reach $781 billion this year, according to new USC-led research.
People with Alzheimer’s disease may retain their ability to empathize, despite declines in other social abilities, finds a new study led by University College London…
American philosopher and psychologist William James once said, “I don’t sing because I’m happy. I’m happy because I sing.” Now, a new Northwestern University Feinberg…
A multi‑institution research team including Columbia, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins and others, report that nearly one in three new dementia cases in older adults is associated…
A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia Butler Aging Center suggests that risk factors and biomarkers related to…
Reducing high blood pressure substantially lowers the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial…
A new way to deliver disease-fighting proteins throughout the brain may improve the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, according to University of…
For people living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare, early-onset neurodegenerative dementia that predominantly affects language abilities, something as simple as ordering their favorite…
New research suggests that calming the brain’s immune cells might prevent or lessen the damaging inflammation seen in Alzheimer’s disease. The study points to the…
A study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research…