Numerous studies on postmortem brains have found evidence of infection, such as biofilms, in the same regions as Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration—namely, the hippocampus and temporal lobe (1). There are ...

Protein clumps in the brain have long been associated with Alzheimer's, but other potential causes of the condition are now ...

Neurodegenerative diseases have long been associated with aggregations of apparently toxic proteins, whether that’s amyloid precursor protein (APP) in Alzheimer’s disease, α-synuclein in Parkinson’s, ...

Dementia risk factors range from mental health to diet. Ask your doctor about them to help you slow down or prevent the onset of disease This is the 58th instalment in a series on dementia, including ...

Infrastructural barriers include training a sufficient number of Alzheimer specialists, feasibility of biomarker testing for routine clinical use and screening the ‘at-risk’ population (based ...