Alzheimer's

Last week, President Biden confused the president of Egypt with the president of Mexico. In late Jan...

A new generation of blood tests is poised to change the way doctors determine whether patients with ...

It's a part of getting older that many people worry about: The increased chance of developing diseas...

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the 170 billion brain cells that allow us to walk, t...

If you've ever had trouble finding your keys or remembering what you had for breakfast, you know tha...

The rug is small, what you might call a throw rug. An intricate pattern in red and blue pops off a g...

Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's may soon have a new option to stave off the loss of memo...

The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer's di...

Diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's are caused by toxic clumps of proteins that...

A little brain stimulation at night appears to help people remember what they learned the previous d...

Angela Reynolds knew her mother's memory was slipping, but didn't realize how bad things had gotten ...

In early January, an Alzheimer's care facility in Iowa pronounced one of its residents dead. But whe...

Photographer Lori Grinker's relationship with her mom was strained for much of their lives. Lori rec...

An experimental drug that removes a substance called amyloid from the brain appears to slow down Alz...

An idea that has propelled Alzheimer's research for more than 30 years is approaching its day of rec...

Nearly a decade ago, Karen Douthitt and her sisters June Ward and Susie Gilliam set out to learn why...

In some families, Alzheimer's disease seems inevitable. "Your grandmother has it, your mom has it, y...