High levels of lean muscle might protect against Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a large study published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine. However, further research…
Mild cognitive impairment, which occurs in about one in six individuals in the U.S., age 65 and older, remains substantially underdiagnosed, especially in disadvantaged populations.
University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have found one-in-four people living with dementia in long-term care facilities suffer from malnutrition.
Use of menopausal hormone therapy is associated with an increased rate of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a large Danish study published by The BMJ.
Short telomeres in midlife are associated with a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, UConn School of Medicine researchers report in the May 30 issue…
Stanford Medicine researchers have found that a common blood condition associated with several diseases may have a protective effect against Alzheimer’s disease.
A new computational technique that combines genomic and tau PET imaging data promises a more personalized approach for subtyping Alzheimer’s disease. Based on a novel…
What if the microbes in your gut could act as an early warning system, alerting you that you could be developing Alzheimer’s disease? This might…
Angela Reynolds knew her mother’s memory was slipping, but she didn’t realize how bad things had gotten until she started to untangle her mom’s finances:…
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) mainly affects the older population. Recent research found early disease signs in cell culture models of early human brain development, raising the…