Boosting a certain brain protein could help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has found. The ...

The failure to diagnose Alzheimer's disease—the most common form of dementia in the elderly—at an early stage of molecular ...

Westend61/Getty Images A main theory behind the cause of Alzheimer’s disease is the build-up of the protein amyloid-beta in ...

New research suggests that familial risk of Alzheimer's disease may be higher depending on which parent is affected.

Amyloid-beta and tau proteins have long been associated with Alzheimer's disease. The pathological buildup of these proteins ...

A biomedical engineering professor at UMass Amherst is leading a study to help find biomarkers for the cognitive disease, ...

As we age, our brains naturally shrink and our thought processes slow down. However, in Alzheimer’s disease, changes that occur in the brain are different to the changes seen in normal ageing. More ...

Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia — Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of the syndrome.

GE HealthCare’s recently acquired MIM Software division has secured an FDA clearance for a tool to help quantify the density ...

Walk to End Alzheimer's is happening on Saturday. It's one of the largest ways the Alzheimer's Association raises money.

There's no single test that can tell when someone has Alzheimer's disease. Identifying the disease in the early stages allows ...

Light pollution is associated with a number of health problems.