Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Dementia is when you lose your memory, problem-solving skills, language, and other abilities related to how you think – to the extent ...

The overall chance of a person getting Alzheimer’s disease is more than 1 in 10. But it’s even more likely if you’re Black. Estimates suggest Black Americans have about twice the risk of ...

Alzheimer’s disease, on the other hand, is a specific type of dementia and the most common cause, accounting for 60-80% of dementia cases.Alzheimer’s is characterized by progressive memory ...

Alzheimer’s disease now affects more than seven million people in the U.S., and nearly four in five Americans say they would want to know if they have it before symptoms emerge. This data comes ...

An experimental drug has shown promise in preventing Alzheimer’s for people at higher risk of developing the disease. That’s according to a new study from Washington University School of ...

While nearly 7 million Americans aged 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer's disease, experts are reflecting on the advances in diagnosis, treatment and risk management that have been made in 2024.

As the Trump administration makes major cuts to federal health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, some Alzheimer's experts are worried about research for the brain-impairing ...

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 people with Alzheimer's disease. In clinical trials 60 ...

New treatments and blood tests could change detection and treatments. New treatments and simple blood tests could change how doctors detect and treat Alzheimer's disease, according to a new report ...

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.

A new generation of blood tests promises to change the way doctors diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease. The tests offer a fast and easy way for physicians to learn whether a patient with ...

A new study examines the choices healthy research volunteers make when given the opportunity to learn their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease dementia. The researchers found a large ...