Drilling down on the link between autism and Alzheimer’s, an extensive new study from the Tel Aviv University found a key Alzheimer’s biomarker in…
According to new research, nearly three quarters of older adults with dementia have filled prescriptions for medicines that act on their brain and nervous…
The world is facing increasing numbers of people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, some treatments can help…
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have reported that a drug candidate called CMS121 has successfully halted and possibly reversed memory loss in…
Nearly 20 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, clinicians are seeing more 9/11 first responders display signs of cognitive disorders and possible dementia. Two…
As many as half of the 45 million people worldwide who are living with Alzheimer’s will experience psychotic episodes, and that number is even…
New research raises concerns about access to guns for people with dementia, and caregivers search for expert guidance on how to address gun safety…
The National Center for Health Statistics attributes 266,000 deaths per year to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Upwards of 120,000 of those per…
Can a gene that naturally suppresses Alzheimer’s in brain cells pave the way to curing it? In 2012, excitement rippled through the scientific community…
Alzheimer’s clinical trials may take decades, but a new discovery could cut clinical trial time down to a matter of weeks. For nearly a century,…
Scientists at UCSF have discovered an exercise enzyme. Exercise is one of the most well-studied and most powerful ways of protecting the brain from…
Alzheimer’s Disease takes hundreds of thousands of lives every year, affecting 47 million people worldwide. But so far, no amount of urgency, nor billions…
A new study has found that people who engaged in learning activities as children — studying foreign languages, being read to, looking at atlases,…
Dietary supplements are a $40 billion industry. Some 50,000 products on the mark claim to improve mood, energy, vitamin levels, brain function, overall health….
The newest possible model to test therapeutics and interventions for neurodegenerative diseases could be a 20-year-old baboon. Researches have recently discovered that, just like…