Scientists have identified a biomarker for Alzheimer's that may help doctors spot the early signs of protein buildup in the ...

Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that profoundly alters a person’s memory and cognitive function, affects an estimated ...

The biomarker test is a spinal tap test (also called a lumbar puncture) that uses a needle to remove cerebrospinal fluid (i.e ...

WashU Medicine-led trial evaluating investigational drug from Eli Lilly and Company aims to stop disease before symptoms ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland found that nearly 70% of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients were ...

It is based on initial research led by Dr Maura Malpetti, who received the Race Against Dementia Fellowship in 2021 from the ...

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the ...

Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over ...

Small amount of the protein found in those with Alzheimer’s disease can be detected years before it shows up in brain scans ...

A simple blood test is being rolled out across the UK as part of a new study to detect early signs of dementia decades before ...