The drugs, called NRTIs, have the potential to prevent a million cases of Alzheimer's every year, the researchers believe. UVA Health scientists are calling for clinical trials testing the ...

As researchers make progress in understanding how Alzheimer's disease develops, there are growing opportunities for healthy research participants to learn their risk of developing Alzheimer's ...

FIRST DEGREE MURDER. MORE AMERICANS THAN EVER HAVE ALZHEIMER’S. AROUND 7.2 MILLION PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER DO. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ESTIMATE. BUT MORE ARE TRYING A MEDICATION ...

For the first time, the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has surpassed 7 million, according to the Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report released this week.

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 ...

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 ...

People with Alzheimer's disease may retain their ability to empathize, despite declines in other social abilities, finds a new study. People with Alzheimer's disease may retain their ability to ...

Research and patient care may quickly stop at 14 of the country's Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs) due to lack of funds. Funding has effectively been halted at 14 of the nation's 35 ...

A long-term human trial has found that a discontinued drug halved the presentation of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in people with a genetic predisposition to the devastating condition.

Why are researchers still fumbling in the quest to cure what is arguably one of the most important diseases confronting humankind — Alzheimer’s disease? Despite decades of research ...

A puzzling discovery has left doctors scratching their heads: The brain of an American woman with Down syndrome showed all the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease, yet she remained symptom-free ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have made a breakthrough in identifying a way for Alzheimer's disease to be treated far more effectively in the future – using the brain's own immune cells.