Recently approved Alzheimer’s drugs offer a step forward for treating the disease, but new therapeutic strategies are needed to complement them and provide personalized therapeutic…
Found in the Finnish population, a rare variant of the TYROBP gene significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study led by the…
A proposal for billions of dollars for the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas will go before the state’s voters in November as a…
Most Americans want to know if they’re destined to lose their brain power to Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual report produced by the Alzheimer’s…
An increase in physical activity between the ages of 45 and 65 could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, while inactivity may be detrimental to brain health.…
A harmful form of the tau protein, which builds up in Alzheimer’s disease and similar brain disorders, can directly damage blood vessels in the brain,…
Ever heard of Fischer’s disease? No? Maybe that is not surprising, because it doesn’t exist. But it could have. In fact, the disease we now…
A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, through a new study in fruit…
As humans age, particularly after middle age, their brain functions, cognitive abilities and memory can deteriorate to varying degrees. Aging-related disorders marked by cognitive decline,…
Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with…