At 52 years old, Mike Belleville was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Several years later, he was reevaluated and learned he has Lewy body dementia…
There’s more proof that machine learning can greatly aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The latest study, conducted by researchers at UC Davis…
This fall, researchers at King’s College in London will test the benefits of medical marijuana for people with dementia, in order to determine whether…
The free app, called My House of Memories, features more than 100 pages of carefully curated images meant to evoke events from the lives…
Rhoda Au, director of neuropsychology at the Framingham Heart Study, speaks about the potential of using voice and speech tests to detect Alzheimer’s. For…
Reading every day may reduce dementia risk, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry in July 2018. Researchers at Hong Kong’s Elderly Health…
Researchers have found more evidence that Alzheimer’s may be detected through a simple blood test. The latest study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The…
A study launched over two years ago using gamma light therapy to reduce beta-amyloid plaques in mice has proven to be a non-conventional treatment…
A drug designed to improve memory formation is now recruiting early-stage Alzheimer’s patients in 60 areas around the country for a Phase II clinical…
Before being diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor to vascular dementia, at age 61, Gerda Saunders noticed she was having trouble with her…
Cyndy Feasel, the widow of a former NFL player, says that she believes her husband Grant’s struggle with alcoholism triggered his depression, agitation and…
When a doctor does a standard check at a well visit—ears, eyes, heartbeat, blood pressure, etc.—they should add sense of smell to that list,…
Alzheimer’s is a devastating diagnosis, but the patient is not the only one who needs to worry about their health: Studies show that 40…
Some people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s may actually have a newly defined type of dementia that mimics the disease’s symptoms but is…
Gerda Saunders, an author and former gender studies professor in Salt Lake City, Utah, was diagnosed with microvascular dementia in 2010 at age 60….