Losing your sense of smell might signal Alzheimer’s far earlier than expected. Scientists found that immune cells in the brain actively destroy smell-related nerve fibers after detecting abnormal ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss and a decline in mental ...

A single protein in your blood can rise for years before Alzheimer’s symptoms appear. In a new study, researchers argue that rise is steady enough to function like a clock. Not a perfect clock, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alzheimer's disease researchers say they have developed a way to predict when a unimpaired person may develop dementia symptoms ...

The signs include: loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, loss of balance and co-ordination, slurred speech, ...

Only 2 years after giving birth to her son, Gunnar, at age 44, Staci Marklin received a diagnosis that would change her and ...

The researchers examined Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration, a form of dementia often misdiagnosed.

A simple new blood test can predict when dementia symptoms will start. Estimating the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms will speed up the development of preventive treatments, say American ...

A simple nasal swab may offer an unexpected window into the earliest biological signals of Alzheimer’s disease.

For example, Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia for Brits, while lesser-known types include frontotemporal dementia (FTD), vascular dementia, and Lewy body dementia. When you ...

Janis Jasinsky became a community educator for the Alzheimer’s Association a decade ago, but her connection to the organization runs even deeper.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A WashU study links a plasma tau marker to symptom timing, predicting Alzheimer’s onset within about three to four years. (CREDIT: ...