New forecast shows 6 million with Alzheimer’s disease
Using new methodology, scientists calculate that approximately 6 million American adults have Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive...
Pulling Iron From Brain May Offer Hope in Alzheimer’s Fight
To curb the dementia epidemic, focus is shifting to one of the most abundant elements on Earth: iron. The familiar metal is key to...
Diet and Alzheimer’s Disease
Diet and Alzheimer’s Disease—Meal Planning Tips For Family Members and Caregivers If you are helping care for a family member or loved...
Alzheimer's disease and the holidays
The holidays can be an especially challenging time for families impacted by Alzheimer's disease, but advocates and Arizona leaders said...
Bill Gates Just Made a Massive Investment in Alzheimer's Disease Research
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation, announced that he is investing...
Here's What We Think Alzheimer's Does to the Brain
Around 50 million people worldwide are thought to have Alzheimer’s disease. And with rapidly ageing populations in many countries, the...
Alzheimer's Disease Might Start in Our Bodies
lzheimer’s disease as we know it is impossible to prevent and nearly impossible to detect early—but what if we've been looking for the...
Peninsula company gets $225M to fight Alzheimers
With a new collaboration and funding from AbbVie Inc., a young Peninsula company hopes to attack memory-robbing Alzheimer's disease in...
Fighting Alzheimer’s with Nutrition and Exercise
While people may not show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease until they are in their sixties or seventies, neurological changes begin much...
Brutal year in the search for Alzheimer’s treatment
The search for an Alzheimer's disease treatment has been unsuccessful for the past 14 years. The latest failure came in September, when...
