Socioeconomic factors such as education, occupation, and wealth influence the likelihood of developing cognitive impairment or dementia in later life and whether a person is likely to recover ...

The neurodegenerative disorder affects millions of Americans, and its impact varies significantly across the country.

Some researchers seek to establish a single abnormal result on a set of biomarker-based tests as sufficient to diagnose the ...

Alzheimer’s disease may cause cognitive complications like severe memory loss, mental health complications like depression, and physical complications like reduced mobility. Alzheimer’s ...

Alzheimer's disease may damage the brain in two distinct phases, based on new research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) using sophisticated brain mapping tools. According to ...

A research team at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has led a study describing a new ...

There is an increasing amount of research into the link between certain infections and dementia, including herpes, pneumonia, syphilis, Lyme disease and gum disease. Research shows that dementia is ...

New details have emerged about how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. Researchers led by the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and University of Washington Medicine have ...

Alzheimer's disease damages the brain before any symptoms begin to appear, new research suggests. This is part of a new two-step model of Alzheimer's progression, which features an early "silent ...

Each year, Baylor Medicine's Alzheimer Disease and Memory Disorders Center manages more than 3,000 patient visits. People come to our center for diagnosis of their memory problems, treatment and ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a common form of dementia that causes progressive brain damage, leading to memory loss and cognitive decline. Though anyone can develop this disease, aging is the primary ...

Find out what AI has already brought to Alzheimer's disease research and most importantly, what it can accomplish in the ...