A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously…
In the emotionally complex world of dementia care, communication is more than just what we say—it’s how we say it. Terms of endearment like “darling,”…
In a demographically diverse sample of healthy people, Cornell researchers found dramatic changes over the human lifespan in the brain’s “blue spot”—a tiny region involved…
Researchers at the University of California San Diego and Wake Forest University have found that both low and moderate-high intensity exercise could be valuable tools…
Brain tissue analysis of an animal model has revealed the potential role of immune system dysfunction in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Having a larger waistline, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of young-onset dementia,…
University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to prevent the buildup of pathological…
A team of scientists including UCL researchers has tested four anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s therapeutics to find out how the drugs bind to toxic amyloid beta protein…
The total economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States will reach $781 billion this year, according to new USC-led research.
People with Alzheimer’s disease may retain their ability to empathize, despite declines in other social abilities, finds a new study led by University College London…