The finding has implications for all of us, write Harvard physician-researchers Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

NEW YORK — When Dr. Alois Alzheimer first identified the disease that would bear his name in 1906, he could only confirm his diagnosis by examining brain tissue after a patient’s death. More than a ...

The Know Your Hearing Campaign aims to boost public awareness of the importance of knowing your Hearing Number, which ...

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia. It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and screen for ...

DiADeM is a tool to support GPs in diagnosing dementia for people living with advanced dementia in a care home setting. It has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Strategic Clinical ...

The team’s goal is to define other biomarkers in the brain that track closely with Alzheimer’s disease progression. If further studies confirm their latest findings, Nasca says the team’s research ...

Roche and Eli Lilly have started testing a blood test that could be used to diagnose Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise, providing an alternative to expensive brain scans and speeding up the ...

Eli Lilly is still celebrating the FDA approval of its amyloid-directed Alzheimer's therapy Kisunla but has had less fortune with a candidate against tau, another well-established drug target for ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people.

The team's goal is to define other biomarkers in the brain that track closely with Alzheimer's disease progression. If further studies confirm their latest findings, Nasca says the team's research ...