The factor that tips you over the edge from being at risk for a disease to actually developing the disease is not always ...

Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over ...

CCTV can be an effective form of assistive technology. However, there are ethical and legal issues around using security cameras to keep an eye on someone with dementia that must be taken into account ...

Alzheimer’s Research UK has a large number of different grant schemes through which you can apply for funding. All applications must fall within Alzheimer’s Research UK’s remit which covers biomedical ...

This is the year to be optimistic about Alzheimer’s disease says one of Australia’s leading dementia researchers.

Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...

Dementia occurs when the cells in the brain ... There is a component of cleaning the brain of amyloids, but that’s an area that I just don’t specialize in. Norcross: This gets at the research ...

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and represents the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease. For AD, disease-modifying treatments are presently lacking, and the ...

Alzheimer’s can cause distressing behaviors for both the person and caregivers. While not everyone with the condition will become aggressive, it’s important to know how to manage these symptoms.

A clinical trial has shown an online lifestyle intervention program can improve cognition in older adults, which researchers say could be used to reduce the number of people with dementia.

Diet may have some effect on the main contributing factor to Alzheimer’s disease. People with the condition have elevated levels of tiny protein pieces called beta-amyloids in their brains.

An inert and unreactive gas may not seem like an obvious candidate for treating Alzheimer's disease, yet a new study in mice suggests that xenon might just be the breakthrough we need. The new study ...