May 22, 2025 — Worldwide, more than 55 million people suffer from dementia caused by Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and other conditions that destroy cells in the brain ... Study Reveals Impacts of ...

What Are the Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease? If your loved one has Alzheimer's, you can support them by learning more about how the condition unfolds. The stages don't always fall into neat boxes ...

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 ...

No one knows the exact cause of Alzheimer's disease, but scientists do know that genes are involved. For many years, researchers have looked for specific genes that affect how likely you are to ...

An existing drug for HIV could double as a preventative therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers. NRTIs (nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors) are antivirals that are ...

Researchers have discovered a rare genetic trait that could delay the onset of Alzheimer's in people who face an overwhelming risk of developing the mind-robbing disease. A study published ...

Older Americans want to know if they are in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and would happily take a blood test to find out, according to a national survey. The survey of 1,700 people 45 ...

These programs "have a meaningful impact on Americans everyday," the organization said in a statement, adding that the BOLD program, as well as other Alzheimer's programs, were just unanimously ...

A combined blood test for cognitive decline has a 90% accuracy rate in determining whether memory loss is due to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found. In comparison, neurologists and other ...

I have a special interest in Alzheimer’s disease. For nearly 25 years, I practiced general neurology in Portland, Oregon, and some of my patients had dementia. In 2012, while doing a ...

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 ...