Dementia risk factors associated with cardiovascular health may have increased over time compared to factors such as smoking and having less education, finds a new…
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have found a potential link between putative retinal gliosis and Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published in Investigative…
Years after questions were raised about their integrity, two of the University of Minnesota’s highest-profile scientific discoveries have been retracted in one week—one that offered…
The blood-brain barrier—a network of blood vessels and tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating in the blood—is disrupted in Alzheimer’s…
Getting more than six hours of quality sleep a night may help prevent, or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from…
Trying to figure out whether someone has Alzheimer’s disease usually involves a battery of assessments—interviews, brain imaging, blood and cerebrospinal fluid tests. But, by then,…
Research in nonhuman primates is opening the possibility of testing treatments for the early stages of Alzheimer’s and similar diseases, before extensive brain cell death…
As the world’s population ages, so does the proportion of older drivers on the road. Safe driving requires adequate memory, perceptual and motor skills, and…
People with type 2 diabetes who are treated with GLP-1 agonists have a decreased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Karolinska…
A new study from deCODE genetics and collaborators is the first to uncover a strong recessive component in Alzheimer’s disease.