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, ...

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 ...

Today, Prof. Howard Feldman presented revised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) Conference in Madrid on behalf of the International ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are terms that are often used interchangeably, they don’t mean the same thing.

Reviewed by Anton Porsteinsson, MD, Director of the University of Rochester Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE) in New York; and the first William B. and Sheila Konar ...

Most types of dementia involve memory loss, impaired thinking skills, and loss of independence. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, and some new diagnostic tests can help ...

Dementia is a group of brain disorders that cause a decline in cognitive functions like memory and thinking. While some cognitive decline is a natural part of aging, dementia is an extreme version ...

Every few weeks, a 65-year-old man named Rick drives an hour and a half from his home in New Hampshire to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where a nurse inserts a needle in his arm and a clear ...

Nearly 7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's, and by 2060, experts say that number could be as high as 14 million. Scientists are trying to find out why one man has been able to stave ...

Dementia refers to an array of symptoms characterized by failing short-term memory, confused thinking, and a decline in language skills. Of all the dementias, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) constitutes ...