Our sense of self is shaped by a small brain region called the precuneus. Now, research suggests that targeting that area may ...

Millions of older adults take five or more prescription drugs every day to manage chronic illnesses. While polypharmacy is ...

A better understanding of this woman's mutation and others in this family, Kosik said, could offer clues for delaying the ...

A new study published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia reports that a novel vaccine targeting a toxic form of the tau ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — accounting for 60 to 80% of cases in the US. As such, it is easy to ...

Medications like donanemab (Kisunla) and lecanemab (Leqembi) target amyloid plaques that build up in the brain due to ...

Deaths from Alzheimer's disease increased 142% between 2000 and 2022, while heart disease deaths decreased 2.1%.

Charles "Charley" Scalies Jr., an actor best known for playing Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa on "The Wire," has died, his family ...

UNM scientists have developed a promising tau-targeting vaccine for Alzheimer’s, showing strong immune responses in animals ...

With a disease as difficult and devastating as Alzheimer's disease, we want to do everything we can to delay and prevent ...

In the past, most studies focused on two main ideas about what triggers Alzheimer’s. One idea is that a sticky protein called ...

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has provided five tips to help families, friends and partners to create a special ...