A computer image of human brain tissue with Alzheimer’s disease that had been treated with amyloid-beta immunization is shown. Northwestern University.

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its initial stages.

With Alzheimer’s disease, parts of the brain responsible for memory, understanding, language, attention, reasoning, and judgment become damaged. In Alzheimer’s, brain cells build up a toxic ...

The hope for early detection of Alzheimer's disease 05:17. This week, Sharyn Alfonsi and a 60 Minutes team met Dr. Ali Rezai, a pioneer in what could be a revolutionary new approach to treating ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Jeff Dage’s years of research into biomarkers helped lead to a ...

Alzheimer’s damages brain before symptoms appear The research marks a breakthrough in experimental methods. Using an innovative lab technique, the team was able to keep tiny fragments of human ...

The FDA greenlit marketing for the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Experts believe this will increase access to Alzheimer’s detection and reduce reliance on expensive ...

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 ...

Scientists have found a way to boost the brain's system to clear waste from the organ in mice, which could open treatment ...

Scientists using living human brain tissue have shown for the first time how a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer's can stick to and damage the connections between brain cells.

Potential Benefits of Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease DBS is not a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, but it can help with symptom control. “Symptom control is about ...

Simple brain scan offers hope for detecting Parkinson's ... Study reveals 'switch-like' behavior for hundreds of genes with links to human disease. ... more accurate Alzheimer's diagnosis. 22 ...