New drugs for early Alzheimer’s disease may allow people to live without help for up to 39 additional months, a new study estimates. But experts urge caution.

The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer's disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of ...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gathered at the state capitol to advocate for LB253, a bill proposed by Senator Elio ...

A group of doctoral students at North Dakota State University are looking to change the future for caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients.

Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, formed by the accumulation of tau protein into ...

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta—a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings ...

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...

Glens Falls city officials agreed to allow union members to donate for time firefighter's early retirement following ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

These pages explain the roles of different health and social professionals, what they do for people with dementia, and how they can help you. If you have been diagnosed with dementia, you are likely ...

Scientists have been looking at the healthy dieting practices in Papua New Guinea amidst ongoing fears over processed ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its misfolded pathological forms ...