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Breast cancer treatment might offer protection against Alzheimer's disease, with a study of 70,000 survivors showing lower dementia risk, especially with radiation therapy.

While Alzheimer’s is a specific disease and the most common cause of dementia, dementia is a broader, "umbrella term that describes a collection of cognitive, functional and behavioral symptoms ...

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.

Early signs of Alzheimer's disease may be hidden in the way a person speaks, but it's not yet clear which details of our ...

A cholinergic agonist first developed in the 1990s for Alzheimer’s disease, xanomeline, was approved last year in combination with trospium chloride, a side-effect blocker, for the treatment of ...

A recent study highlights the growing evidence linking the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) with Alzheimer’s disease, showing that antiviral medications reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s by 17%.

Identifying common disease trajectories of Alzheimer’s disease with electronic health records. eBioMedicine, 2025; 118: 105831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105831 ...

Among the participants, 1,229 cases of Alzheimer’s were detected. Breast cancer survivors showed a slightly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s compared with cancer-free women.

Health Alzheimer's disease could be prevented by antiviral drug already on market Researchers discover that HIV medication may prevent up to 60,000 US Alzheimer's cases yearly By Melissa Rudy Fox News ...

Mayo Clinic researchers validated a new FDA-approved blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, offering a less invasive and more affordable alternative to PET scans and spinal taps. The study ...

To better understand how the disorder affects other organs in the body, we created an Alzheimer's Disease Fly Cell Atlas, which profiles the genes expressed by single cells of 219 cell types in the ...