Alzheimer's disease is known to affect the brain in stages. While amyloid plaques often build up early, tau tangles are more closely tied to memory loss and other symptoms.

Determining the specific type of dementia early in the diagnostic process can lead to more targeted treatments and better outcomes ...

Scientists and doctors remain divided on the targeted antibody drugs that slow down the early stages of Alzheimer’s ...

Donanemab and lecanemab are targeted antibody drugs that slow down the early stages of Alzheimer’s. They represent a huge step forward in research because they target a known cause of the disease, ...

Two new drugs for Alzheimer’s have been rejected for use on the NHS. They slow progression of the disease, but they can have serious side-effects. – What are the medicines?

If your dementia is in an early stage, it may not be seen on the scan. CT (computerised tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) are the most common scans used to check for changes in the ...

When 64-year-old MBK Nair first noticed a subtle tremor in his right hand in 2020, he brushed it off as fatigue or muscle ...

Symerien Brooking's death at Perth Children's Hospital last August has devastated her parents, who say their desperate requests for a brain scan went unheeded until it was too late — and they ...

A rapidly growing body of research is showing that most dementia cases are preventable, says Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. Read on ...

In Alzheimer's disease, this group of cells becomes less abundant, but exercise seems to strengthen them. In the image, astrocytes are shown in orange, blood vessels in green, and cell nuclei in blue.

This spring, Cleveland Clinic and CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific content and ...