New blood tests measuring p-tau217 levels show promise for predicting Alzheimer's risk years before symptoms appear, though ...

From financial woes to a declining sense of smell, issues that seem unrelated to memory can signal a dementia diagnosis in ...

Scientists say a simple at-home test could spot someone's risk of Alzheimer's disease before symptoms take hold, in what ...

Many Alzheimer’s experts were dismayed — but not surprised — when the Alzheimer’s Association stated that the disease could be diagnosed on the basis of pathology using biomarkers, rather than ...

Mayo Clinic researchers validated an FDA-approved blood test that diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease with 95% sensitivity and 82% specificity in outpatient settings. The test offers a less invasive and ...

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 ...

Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia affect millions of people across the globe. The organization Alzheimer’s Disease International reports that more than 55 million people worldwide were ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Alzheimer’s disease is the number one fear of most Americans about getting older, according to a survey ...

Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer's in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, ...