Four percent of U.S. adults ages 65 and older have received a dementia diagnosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—that number rises to 13.1% for those ages 85 and older. In ...

Nearly seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – a leading cause of death in the United States.

From the column: "Medications are available, but they don’t really slow the disease, and they definitely don’t cure it. They ...

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disease in August was marked by heartache, fear, loss, and tragedy.

The way in which brains shrink in those who develop Alzheimer's disease follows no specific or uniform pattern, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Researchers suggest that the way Alzheimer's reshapes our brains is as unique as our fingerprints, challenging long-held ...

By the time a person develops obvious and severe signs of dementia—things like struggling with daily grooming tasks, ...

Daniel J. Levitin's “I Heard There Was a Secret Chord” explores the many ways music can help heal our bodies and minds.

Dr. Kimberly Doyle from Baylor Scott & White shares valuable tips to ward off cognitive decline and keep your mind sharp as ...

Scientists have developed a drug that targets both major aggregation-promoting sites of the Tau protein, a key player in ...

An international team of researchers have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s ...