Older adults dealing with depression often face compounding challenges when they become intensely fearful of their own ...

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most feared illnesses of aging. It slowly destroys memory, thinking ability, and independence. For many years, scientists have focused on abnormal proteins in the ...

A newly published study highlights how a quick and simple blood test may help physicians provide a more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Led by Jordi ...

"Our work shows the feasibility of using blood tests, which are substantially cheaper and more accessible than brain imaging ...

A healthy brain has wrinkles and neurons traveling together. In a brain affected by Alzheimer’s, the brain itself is smaller and the neuron structures have lost definition. The first areas of the ...

Primary care providers have a major role in dementia care, but resources can help at every stage of the process, according to ...

In former college and professional football players, a new study has found higher levels of inflammation were associated with ...

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in ...

HealthDay News — A new model can predict when someone is likely to develop symptoms of Alzheimer disease (AD) using a single blood test, according to a study published online February 19 in Nature ...

Delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by just five years could cut the incidence rate in half,” said professor Xue Zhong.

Plasma p-tau217 levels predict the timing of Alzheimer’s onset in cognitively unimpaired adults in the research that could potentially guide research and preventive trials.

Overall, this research moves scientists closer to understanding how Alzheimer’s develops and how it might be stopped before symptoms appear. By recognizing early warning signs hidden in everyday ...