Almost four decades ago the University of Aberdeen’s Chair in Mental Health (Clinical), Professor Claude Wischik, made a breakthrough in discovering that the neurofibrillary “tangles”…
It may be time to pull out your step counters and start adding walking to your daily to-do lists. A recent U.K. study indicates taking…
Early cognitive decline may result from a shift in the ratio of a protein sub-type in our brain cells triggering cell-loss. This new study, published…
Researchers from Hokkaido University and Toppan have developed a method to detect build-up of amyloid β in the brain, a characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, from…
People with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely than those without a psychotic disorder to eventually develop dementia, according to a…
Migraine is associated with an increased risk for subsequent dementia, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in The Journal of Headache and Pain.
Older people exposed to food flavors from their youth were able to “time travel” back to the past with an enhanced memory of the event.
Walking speed and grip strength could be early indicators of dementia before the onset of noticeable symptoms, a Monash University study reveals.
New research from the University of Cincinnati bolsters a hypothesis that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a decline in levels of a specific protein, contrary…
According to drugmakers Eisai and Biogen, a Phase 3 clinical study on a potential new Alzheimer’s disease drug shows promise. The study findings show that…