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Spotting Alzheimer’s Early: Proactive Care Prevent Up to 40% of Dementia Cases

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Alzheimer’s Disease 101

Visit our Brain Health Hub.Talking about certain health topics can be tough. Alzheimer’s disease is no exception — and for good reason. Most of us grew up in a time when the only s...

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Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease of the nerve cells in the brain that causes impairment of memory and other brain functions -- such as language or perception of realit...

The end of Alzheimer’s?

A prevention strategy is in clinical trials The post The end of Alzheimer’s? appeared first on Peter Attia MD.

8 Behaviors to Take Note of if You Think Someone Might Have Alzheimer’s

Have you been worried about an older person’s memory or thinking skills? If so, you’ve probably found yourself wondering if this could be Alzheimer’s, or another dementia. What to...

Is Alzheimer's Actually A Type Of Diabetes? Some Researchers Think So

Though it doesn’t currently have a cure – or even a single diagnostic test – some researchers are beginning to see dementia as potentially “treatable”. A recent report from Alzheim...

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.

Researchers Tracked 22,000 People & Found This Dementia Link

A closer look at brain health uncovered an unexpected connection

Depression in Later Life May Be an Early Warning Sign of Alzheimer’s

Depression in later life may be an early warning from the brain, appearing years before Alzheimer’s begins to affect memory and thinking A new study in JNeurosci found that faster...

Ask Mayo Clinic: New discoveries in Alzheimer’s research brings scientists closer to prevention and cures

Each discovery helps researchers better understand the disease and brings them closer to finding ways to prevent, slow or treat it.

A blood test may reveal Alzheimer’s-related changes years before symptoms appear

What if clues to Alzheimer’s disease could be found while someone was still in their 50s or 60s—and feeling perfectly fine? Researchers are getting closer to answering that questio...

Can a Blood Test Predict Your Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Will getting a blood test for amyloid levels eventually form part of routine primary care health checks, or are we putting the cart before the horse? Here’s what we know.

Alzheimer's disease starting to be considered a treatable condition - study

Trials are now on the brink of diagnostic and medical breakthroughs, experts say.

Experts discuss specific diagnosis and brain modulation in Alzheimer’s care

Experts discuss the importance of accurate diagnosis and the potential of non-invasive brain stimulation in dementia care

Common Gum Problem Is Linked to a 61% Higher Alzheimer's Risk

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Deep learning‐based MRI analysis reveals Lewy body co‐pathology accelerates brain aging in Alzheimer’s disease

New Article Published! Congratulations Drs. Babak Ahmadi, Melissa Armstrong, and Abbas Babajani-Feremi on the publication of “Deep learning‐based MRI analysis reveals Lewy body co‐...

One Brain Map, Two Diseases: Alzheimer’s and Multiple Sclerosis Share a Genetic Signature of Shrinkage

A large trans-disease meta-analysis of more than 6,900 brain scans finds that Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis share a common grey matter atrophy pattern in the superior...

Researchers Think A Brain 'Switch' Could Be The Root Cause Of Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, accounts for 60-80% of cases in the UK.Researchers have long linked Alzheimer’s to a buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brai...

Researchers Uncover a New Way to Improve Sleep in Alzheimer’s Without Targeting Brain Plaques

Sleep problems associated with Alzheimer’s may have less to do with the amount of plaque in the brain than scientists previously expected. Researchers at the University of Kentucky...

Two Questions We Must Ask About Dementia Right Now

Dementia presents two urgent challenges: supporting today’s overwhelmed caregivers and expressing our future wishes before we can no longer speak for ourselves.

More than Alzheimer’s: AI maps the added burden of Lewy body pathology

One challenge to advancing Alzheimer’s disease treatments is that many patients have mixed brain pathologies, meaning more than one disease process is affecting the brain. This can...

Clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatment face global shortage of participants

The shortage of trial participants risks slowing progress in dementia therapies, Alzheimer's Disease International warns.

Who Gets Alzheimer’s Drugs? Race, Vulnerability and Health Status Shape Access

Study finds significant differences in who receives anti-amyloid therapy, but not in adherence once treatment begins The post Who Gets Alzheimer’s Drugs? Race, Vulnerability and He...