Scientists have been working to understand the root causes of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for decades now. But one of the reasons we don’t yet…
Patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) have higher hospital readmission rates and episode costs than those without ADRDs, according to a study published…
Research published today (March 20) in the JAMA Internal Medicine finds that developing postoperative delirium is associated with a 40% faster rate of cognitive decline…
The use of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarkers such as amyloid and tau levels to facilitate early detection and improvement of treatment of AD is a…
Elite male soccer players were 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease than population controls, according to an observational study published in The Lancet…
Poor sleep in middle age can have a negative impact on brain health, according to a new study by researchers at The Australian National University…
Doug Whitney inherited the same gene mutation that gave Alzheimer’s disease to his mother, brother and generations of other relatives by the unusually young age…
What happens to older adults who do not have close family when they develop dementia? The truth is, we hardly know.
Alzheimer’s is one of the most common and serious diseases of aging, yet many older adults with memory issues are not telling their doctors about…
A newly discovered “energy switch” in the immune cells of the brain may lead to the development of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, the most common…