Pinpointing who will and won’t get Alzheimer’s disease is tricky for doctors, but new research suggests it may soon get ...

As new treatments emerge, timely diagnosis helps match patients with the most appropriate care when it can have the greatest ...

CT scans can show brain changes that are common in the later stages of Alzheimer's. For example, your doctor might check if parts of your brain have shrunk. To see this, they may need to compare ...

A new tool developed by researchers can estimate how fast someone is aging by analyzing a single MRI brain scan, predicting ...

The team used a special type of brain scan called tau PET, which tracks a protein known as tau that builds up in the brain ...

Determining the specific type of dementia early in the diagnostic process can lead to more targeted treatments and better outcomes ...

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its initial stages.

Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease is a form of the progressive, memory-robbing brain condition that appears in people before the age of 65. It most often shows up when you're in your 40s and 50s.

In patients showing cognitive decline, a new blood test for Alzheimer's is expected to make diagnosis more convenient, accessible and inexpensive than other existing tests.

It was much more accurate than primary care doctors using cognitive tests and CT scans. ... A colored transmission electron micrograph of the nerve cell of the brain of a patient with Alzheimer ...