Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a highly debilitating neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of memory and decline of mental functions. Earlier research has uncovered…
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating cause of memory loss and cognitive decline, for which no curative treatment is available. Among lifestyle factors, physical activity…
A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
University of Kentucky researchers have developed a new experimental model that could point the way toward more effective Alzheimer’s disease treatments by targeting one of…
For individuals who are currently cognitively unimpaired, the lifetime and 10-year absolute risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia increases with increasing amyloid positron…
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have applied ideas from polymer physics to illuminate the mechanism behind a key pathology in Alzheimer’s disease, the formation of…
A new study by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School has revealed that almost all community-dwelling older adults with advanced dementia in Singapore experience at least…
Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn’t only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running U.S. study of older adults…
Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the U.S. and 57 million globally.
People with lower incomes and people from racial and ethnic historically underrepresented groups in clinical studies are more likely to have modifiable risk factors for…