Most current treatments for Alzheimer's do not slow or stop the disease, but help manage symptoms. Amyloid beta (Aβ) is a peptide—a short chain of amino acids.

Summary: Scientists have mapped how over 140,000 mutations affect the formation of amyloid beta fibrils, offering an unprecedented look at early events in Alzheimer’s disease. By combining DNA ...

Desert June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. More than 7 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease right now, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease that could help protect the brain from damage and preserve cognitive ...

The Covid vaccine will no longer be recommended for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, ending a pandemic-era policy aimed at protecting all Americans from the coronavirus. Health ...

Dana Territo is an Alzheimer’s advocate and author of “What My Grandchildren Taught Me About Alzheimer’s Disease.” She hosts "The Memory Whisperer." Email her at thememorywhisperer@gmail.com.

The Alzheimer’s Association reports that 50-70% of symptomatic patients in community settings are inaccurately diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In specialized memory clinics, this ...

But this doesn’t mean that people with Alzheimer’s disease should take creatine, says Amit Sachdev, MD, medical director in the Department of Neurology at Michigan State University.

Alzheimer’s is a complex disease caused by many interacting factors. It’s possible the herpes virus could play a small role – but the evidence isn’t conclusive.

NEED TO KNOW The FDA greenlit marketing for the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease The test measures two proteins, beta-amyloid and p-tau217, which are hallmarks of the disease ...

More than 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s Disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. And one in nine people over the age of 65 has this type of dementia. The disease is believed ...