Scientists have uncovered a surprising overlap between cancer genetics and Alzheimer’s disease, involving mutations in the ...

A man from the world’s largest known Alzheimer’s family should have lost his memory by his late 40s. Every other carrier of ...

Scientists may have pinpointed a way to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in an animal study. The study, led by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, found that restoring a central cellular energy ...

Lithium salts have shown promise in treating Alzheimer’s disease by preventing certain proteins in the brain from clumping ...

Should you receive a diagnosis of AD, many factors shape how symptoms unfold. The brain, even when under siege, retains an ...

Alzheimer’s may destroy memory by flipping a single molecular switch that tells neurons to prune their own connections. Researchers found that both amyloid beta and inflammation converge on the same ...

New UC Riverside-led research suggests Alzheimer’s arises not simply from plaques forming in the brain, as is widely believed, but from one protein interfering with the normal job of another. For ...

By 2030, the population in the United States aged 65 and older is expected to reach 71 million or about 20% of Americans.

Scientists have long observed that cancer patients have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. New research reveals a possible reason why. These brain scans of a 74-year-old patient with Alzheimer's ...

Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease. The delicate research was performed ...