For decades, scientists have been trying to develop therapeutics for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by cognitive decline. Given ...

New treatments for Alzheimer disease don’t reverse cognitive symptoms, but they do significantly slow progression. Evidence suggests that earlier treatment is most effective. In his first article, ...

There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding Alzheimer's research in recent years. Some scientists have long hypothesized that the disease is related to the buildup of toxic proteins known ...

More than half of 95 centenarians had a low amyloid load and 9% had no amyloid, autopsy data showed. A third of centenarians had a high amyloid load comparable to Alzheimer's disease. Five ...

Amyloid fibrils have been targeted in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. The amyloid cascade hypothesis, on which many modern Alzheimer's treatments are based, presumes that these fibrils are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . What if Alzheimer’s disease, a neurological disorder that has confounded researchers since its identification in ...

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