For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could offer only reassurance and coping strategies, and research seemed to ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by accumulation of beta-amyloid in extracellular plaques and tau protein in intracellular neurofibrillary tangles ...

While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are terms that are often used interchangeably, they don’t mean the same thing. Understanding the difference isn’t just helpful for clarity, it’s essential for ...

Every few weeks, a 65-year-old man named Rick drives an hour and a half from his home in New Hampshire to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where a nurse inserts a needle in his arm and a clear ...

This image shows average tau buildup in the brain using PI-2620. The tracer uptake in different regions is measured by a quantitative method called Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR), helping ...

Higher optimism in adults aged 70 and older was associated with a lower risk of developing dementia over up to 14 years of ...

A large study found that people with impaired kidneys tend to have higher Alzheimer’s biomarkers, yet they don’t face a higher overall risk of dementia. For those who already have elevated biomarkers, ...