While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are terms that are often used interchangeably, they don’t mean the same thing.

A large study of electronic health records has uncovered four common patterns of medical conditions that tend to unfold in ...

Dr. Daniel Amen shared his BRIGHTMINDS approach for preventing Alzheimer's, addressing 11 risk factors including blood flow, ...

Alzheimer’s disease continues to rise as one of the most pressing health challenges facing aging populations today. It ...

As Alzheimer's disease progresses, behavioral and psychiatric issues become common, distressing, and even dangerous for ...

With the goal of raising funds for Alzheimer’s research, Mike Hall is riding a motorcycle cross-country. Six years ago, Mike ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive brain disease that leads to problems with cognitive abilities such as thinking, memory, language, judgment, and learning. Alzheimer's is not curable, but ...

Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through ...

Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder primarily marked by memory loss. Understanding the different stages of Alzheimer's disease symptoms is essential: They develop gradually and worsen over time.

People in early stages of the disease may show other signs of cognitive deterioration such as being unable to follow ...

Managing Alzheimer’s Drugs. If your loved one is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, they’re probably used to taking their own medication.

“Alzheimer’s disease begins in the brain decades before the first symptoms of memory loss,” said Dr. Richard Isaacson, an Alzheimer’s preventive neurologist who is also at the Institute ...