
Infrared Sensor Spots Alzheimer’s 17 Years Before Symptoms
A new sensor has been developed that can detect Alzheimer’s more than a decade before symptoms appear. Learn more.

A new sensor has been developed that can detect Alzheimer’s more than a decade before symptoms appear. Learn more.

Rhesus macaque monkeys are being used to research early-stage Alzheimer’s. Find out why they are so much better than mice. Learn the advantages they offer scientists in the search for a cure.

UCal-Irvine researchers have discovered which blood pressure medications help slow memory loss in older adults.

A filmmaker explores how Alzheimer’s revealed the true strength of his mother’s and father’s marriage. Watch now.

Researchers say a lifestyle-only treatment which includes increased physical activity may be the best prescription for preventing vascular and other issues that can lead to dementia. Their prescription: sit less and move more for mildly high blood pressure and cholesterol, which helps address vascular issues.

Scientists at UC San Francisco have found a way to reverse some of the negative effects of aging on the brain, using a video game designed to improve cognitive control.

Alzheimer’s prevention and memory conservation is on everyone’s health radar. Every year, we spend billions on related supplements and alternative medicines. To sort out what might work and what doesn’t, what’s safe and what’s dangerous, and how confident experts are in the science, check out ADDF’s brain-protection website, Cognitive Vitality.

NAMENDA® / EBIXA® (generic MEMANTINE) is FDA-approved for Alzheimer’s. Learn about new research on how it may help in preventing or slowing dementia.

What kind of brain enables “superagers” to learn and recall novel information as well as a 25-year-old? Researchers have found the answer. Learn more.

Meet the young musicians taking on Alzheimer’s through music!

Elderly Americans are the most likely citizens to own a gun AND the most likely patients to have dementia. How great is the danger? What should be done?

MCT oil for Alzheimer’s is back in the spotlight with three fresh studies. Skepticism has been part of the conversation from the start, given how dietary approaches are often overhyped. The updated research deserves a careful, fresh look.

“Alive Inside” is a fascinating movie on music bridging past and present in dementia. Katie Couric talks with the personalities behind this breakthrough film.

An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?

Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!

It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.

TEEPA CARE VIDEO: Learn about Alzheimer’s 6 stages. Teepa Snow shows what to expect, while keeping the focus on the person for whom you care.
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