Doctors and patients are gaining an edge in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease by catching early warning signs with new screening methods.

Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer's in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, ...

Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop Alzheimer’s disease. Whether you should ...

Early diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease could let patients decide whether to try treatments that have helped in past clinical ...

Indian billionaire Dilip Shanghvi’s plans to expand his healthcare empire in the U.S., the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ...

As an internal medicine doctor, I used to care for Alzheimer’s patients. Now, at just 60 years old, I am one. My diagnosis is not the future most people hope for — but there is finally a generation of ...

According to the National Grange report, 71% of rural physicians report insufficient dementia specialists to meet demand in their communities. That compares with just 44% of doctors serving urban ...

Drugs designed to clear amyloid beta from the brain—once seen as a promising path to slowing Alzheimer’s—may not actually ...

Few moments are more heartbreaking for families of Alzheimer's disease patients than when a loved one no longer recognizes them. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...

A major review has provoked a backlash after concluding the medicines provide too little benefit to be noticed.

Don’t sleep on good sleep. Recent research suggests skipping shuteye can cause issues that are shockingly similar to those ...