Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of two proteins in the brain: amyloid-beta and tau. Tau normally ...

Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss?

A new study suggests that two of Alzheimer’s disease’s most debated players may be more closely connected than they first ...

Science rarely hands us plot twists this dramatic—where two of the most feared diseases of our time, cancer and Alzheimer’s, ...

This review argues that women’s higher Alzheimer disease risk may be shaped in part by midlife neuroendocrine aging, ...

Scientists may have sniffed out a breakthrough when detecting Alzheimer’s. The degenerative disease, which affects millions ...

Researchers say they have developed a blood test that can help predict the start of Alzheimer's disease symptoms, allowing ...

New findings suggest that targeting inflammation in Alzheimer’s may matter as much as targeting protein buildup.

A team from the University of Barcelona has designed and validated in animal models an innovative compound with a pioneering ...

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