Alzheimer's Disease

Eisai and Biogen share clinical trial data confirming that lecanemab slows mental decline amid reports of potentially related deaths

Researchers are giving drugs to healthy people in hope of clearing away toxic proteins in the brain and preventing neurodegeneration.

Trend reflects the nation’s aging population and increasing life expectancy

Recently we talked about the two-way connection between the brain and the small and large intestines (aka the gut). This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen continues our journey through the gut by investigating the link between heartburn drugs and dementia

More than two million healthy people played a game that could detect declining navigation skills, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s

A brain plaque inhibitor developed by Merck is now being tested in larger studies for efficacy against the still unstoppable neurodegenerative disease

Metformin may slow or reverse dementia and cognitive impairment, even in nondiabetics 

Patients who received the antibody therapy had reduced levels of amyloid protein in their brains after one year

The costs for reminders to eat, shower or take medication can be staggering

Scientists search for the Marie Kondo of the brain—a drug to clear cellular debris

How a brief intervention could have such long-lasting results remains unclear

AI algorithms used with MRI brain scans help distinguish between patients with Alzheimer's and two early forms of dementia that can be precursors to the memory-robbing disease