Most drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease have for years been ineffective in clinical trials. Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine recently evaluated the…
Researchers and clinicians at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Center have developed a free, online, clinician-administered tool that could greatly increase the likelihood…
Self-reflection is positively associated with cognition late in life as well as glucose metabolism, a marker of brain health, finds a new study led by…
What’s the best way to improve your memory as you age? Turns out, it depends, a new study suggests. But your fourth-grade math teacher may…
Currently, the only accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is through postmortem analyses after a patient dies, but investigators have now developed a highly sensitive method…
An estimated 50 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and perhaps twice that number are unknowingly “incubating” the disease during its long…
Researchers from Macquarie University’s Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing are one step closer to a blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s early in the disease’s…
The dementia disorder Alzheimer’s disease has a symptom-free course of 15 to 20 years before the first clinical symptoms emerge. Using an immuno-infrared sensor developed…
Studies have shown that physical and mental activity help preserve thinking skills and delay dementia. A new study suggests that these benefits may vary for…
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my mid-40s and have two young children. My mother developed memory issues in her early 60s, and it has…