Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein ...

New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

By watching the brain process information, she discovered that a specific region plays a key role in spatial navigation — and ...

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

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

Gum disease, or periodontitis, has been linked to poorer cognitive function. Researchers believe this connection may be due ...

Matt Price drove his 73-year-old father Stephen from their New Jersey home to a medical strip mall on the Jersey Shore, for ...

Gut alterations in Alzheimer’s disease can be identified using nano- and micro-XPCT, offering a new method for early disease ...

A reporter uncovers evidence that research fraud on a massive scale has hyped the potential benefit of expensive drugs aimed ...

Charles Piller, author of the new book Doctored, says the scientific community needs “to take a good hard look in the mirror.

Westend61/Getty Images Researchers continue to search ... although newer treatments reduce the characteristic brain lesions of Alzheimer’s and may slow cognitive decline. Now, research has ...