Alzheimer's disease has a biologically based definition, according to criteria developed by an Alzheimer's Association workgroup. The new criteria include biomarker classifications and a revised ...

In October, Caring—an organization supporting caregivers of people with dementia—released its rankings of the most dementia-friendly states. Such reports are issued occasionally by various entities, ...

Drugs best known for helping people lose weight may also chip away at the proteins that define Alzheimer’s disease. A ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by accumulation of beta-amyloid in extracellular plaques and tau protein in intracellular neurofibrillary tangles ...

Doctors have newly outlined a type of dementia that could be more common than Alzheimer's among the oldest adults, according to a report published Tuesday in the journal Brain. Doctors have newly ...

A multidisciplinary working group of 22 experts from eleven European scientific associations have joined forces to define recommendations for the effective and individualized use of biomarkers for the ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s research has centered on neurons, the brain cells that die as the disease progresses, and on the ...

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and ...

A new report seeks to classify the long-term impacts of Alzhiemer’s disease medications that target amyloid beta proteins in the brain. Clinical trials have shown that such therapies have clinical ...