Alzheimer's patient embarks on cross-country walk to showcase healthy aging Thirteen years after her Alzheimer's diagnosis, Judy Benjamin, 80, has just embarked on a 3,000-mile journey across the ...

The first-ever blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a Friday press release, the agency announced its approval of the first ...

First came a diagnosis of dementia, then Alzheimer's disease. Zelda's father was only in his 50s. Dementia is generally described as a condition affecting memory, cognition and social abilities.

“Our brains use sleep to clear out toxic proteins, like those associated with Alzheimer’s, and these results show that the cleaning mechanism is less effective when it takes someone longer to ...

The centers were first established in 1984 and focus on specific areas of interest like Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, or Lewy body disease.

Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is a neurodegenerative condition that can start developing 20 years before symptoms appear. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.

He's perched on a tan recliner at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. His wife, Karen Walsh, hovers over him, ready to depress the plunger on ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared marketing for a new blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease in people who are already exhibiting symptoms. This new test is the first ...

While Alzheimer’s is a specific disease and the most common cause of dementia, dementia is a broader, "umbrella term that describes a collection of cognitive, functional and behavioral symptoms ...

For decades, Alzheimer's disease has been seen as a one-way road, a slow but inevitable decline in memory and thinking. But new research out of Harvard is beginning to challenge that assumption. A ...

With the number of Americans living with the disease steadily increasing, scientists predict that 13.8 million will have Alzheimer’s by 2050, or 16% of the US population over the age of 65.

That's according to a new national survey by the Alzheimer's Association. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports the results show how attitudes toward the disease are changing.