Alzheimer's patient embarks on cross-country walk to showcase healthy aging Thirteen years after her Alzheimer's diagnosis, Judy Benjamin, 80, has just embarked on a 3,000-mile journey across the ...

A new report suggests up to 7.2 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, an increase of about 300,000 cases of the mind-robbing disease from a year ago.

The centers were first established in 1984 and focus on specific areas of interest like Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, or Lewy body disease.

With the number of Americans living with the disease steadily increasing, scientists predict that 13.8 million will have Alzheimer’s by 2050, or 16% of the US population over the age of 65.

He's perched on a tan recliner at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. His wife, Karen Walsh, hovers over him, ready to depress the plunger on ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — As June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer's Association is encouraging everyone to wear purple as a simple and small reminder to think about brain health ...

No. The F.D.A., and Alzheimer’s experts, emphasized that the blood test should be given only to people who are already experiencing cognitive decline and are ages 55 and older.