Alzheimer's Disease

A team from Massachusetts General Hospital has created one of the most advanced models of Alzheimer’s disease ever seen.

Alzheimer’s is the most expensive disease in America, and the only leading cause of death in the U.S. that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed.

Figuring out how Alzheimer’s disease spreads is vital to figuring out how to stop it.

Researchers believe alcohol impedes cells in the brain from clearing plaque linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

The new project is being constructed in southern France and is designed to emulate life outside hospital walls.

A similar mutation was found in a small population of humans, and may have the same protective effect.

This finding could pave the way for Alzheimer's treatment and biomarkers for early diagnosis.

Episodic memory is the ability to remember specific events in sequential order, which allows us to recall past experiences.

Addressing this excess iron could be an effective treatment option.

Researchers have investigated whether anxiety is a precursor or risk factor of dementia.

It's not yet clear why skin cancer survivors had a dramatically reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Air pollution may play a key role in addressing this issue.

Sitting too much may be bad for your brain and body.

This finding is an important breakthrough in Alzheimer's research.

While coffee can improve memory and cognition, its potential to exacerbate other Alzheimer’s disease symptoms may offset these benefits.

You may want to add more beets to your diet.

Certain molecules found in blood could help with early detection and new treatments.

The protein may have hitched a ride on some dirty medical equipment.

A messed-up sleeping pattern may contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, but a nap is not a clear cause for concern.

We may have been mistaken when it comes to what causes Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease may act more like an infection than we previously thought.

Arc is the first and so far only non-viral protein known to behave this way.

A drug originally designed to treat diabetes has reversed Alzheimer's disease symptoms in lab mice.

Brain training has earned a deservedly bad rap, but this study might just stand apart from the pack.

The Microsoft mogul hopes there will be "powerful drugs" for the brain-wasting disease in the next 10 years.

Why it’s time to think twice before treating chocolate as a superfood.

The idea of young blood as a health elixir has fascinated humanity for centuries.

Alzheimer's disease may start outside the brain, which could open a whole new approach to detecting and treating the condition.

A mouse study offers new clues to aging.

Intepirdine did not demonstrate improvements in cognition and functioning in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.