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People who follow a MIND diet, even if started later in life, were significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or related forms of dementia, according to new research.

Lemborexant, a sleep aid, may protect against tau buildup linked to Alzheimer's, offering new hope for neurodegenerative disease treatment.

Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people around the world and occurs when abnormal proteins build up in the brain, leading to the death of brain cells and declines in cognitive function and ...

Alzheimer's disease affects memory and behavior. Early diagnosis helps patients find joy. Lifestyle changes like exercise and diet can slow the disease. Social activity and technology combat ...

Between 1995 and 2021 private money spent on Alzheimer’s research came to $42.5bn, but more than 140 trials failed to yield a single drug capable of slowing the disease. Yet the tide may be turning.

According to the World Health Organisation, over 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia as of 2021. While Alzheimer’s typically shows up much later in life, what often slips ...

Across 344,628 Alzheimer's case-control pairs, a history of HSV-1 diagnosis was present in 1,507 people (0.44%) with Alzheimer's disease and 823 matched controls (0.24%), reported Yunhao Liu, PhD ...

David Hyde Pierce hosted the CaringKind Gala for Alzheimer's awareness in New York City, sharing his personal connection to the disease that affected both his father and grandfather.

A new pilot study reveals creatine monohydrate may boost brain energy and cognition in Alzheimer’s patients, signaling potential as a cost-effective, safe therapeutic strategy beyond the weight ...

Creatine supplements demonstrated a hint of promise for people with Alzheimer's disease in the pilot CABA trial. In the single-arm study of 20 Alzheimer's patients who received 20 g/day of ...

Columbia scientists have found that boosting the performance of a self-cleansing system in the brain helps flush amyloid and tau toxins from the brains of mice and improves the animals' cognition.