Oct. 3, 2024 — An international team of researchers have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease. For the first time, scientists have developed a ...

Have we been wrong about what causes Alzheimer's disease? New research suggests yes. For years, the leading theory for the cause of this neurodegeneration was the accumulation of abnormal proteins ...

Some evidence suggests melatonin may help improve sleep-wake cycles, sundowning symptoms, and cognitive performance in people with dementia, but more research is necessary. Melatonin is a hormone ...

In the months after my partner, Alex, was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, more than one person advised me to “save” myself. What they meant was that I should move Alex into an assisted-living ...

Outdoor light at night could be a significant risk factor in Alzheimer's disease, according to new research from Rush. Outdoor light at night could be a significant risk factor in Alzheimer's ...

Mort's collection "Music for the Dead and Resurrected" won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Her other honors include a 2021 Rome Prize in literature and ...

Laboratory mice with cognitive issues including Alzheimer’s disease showed improved memory skills within a couple of weeks of treatment with a new medicine tested at Colorado State University.

But that began to change in his early 50s, when he started showing symptoms of what was ultimately diagnosed as early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. At first, he forgot details of conversations he ...

It took 19 years for the symptoms to emerge. Tom Beyrer, who served for six months as a police officer at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, was 65 when his ...

Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease has relied on cognitive symptoms until recently. While brain imaging scans and cerebrospinal fluid assays can be used for Alzheimer’s diagnosis, these methods ...

A neurologist in Colombia, he worked with the world’s largest extended family with Alzheimer’s and helped fuel research to prevent or delay dementia symptoms. By Pam Belluck Dr. Francisco ...

Francisco Lopera defied rebels, cartels and vampire bats to become a pioneering researcher of Alzheimer’s disease. By Jennie Erin Smith Jennie Erin Smith is a freelance science writer.