In the six months that the test has been available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories, demand has exceeded expectations, a lab ...

An Alzheimer’s treatment from idea to market can take up to 20 years. After a long hiatus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s since June 2021 ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a new genetic marker that could play a role in the ...

A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to ...

The money will support the development of Alzheimer's tests specific to tau tangles, the abnormal proteins that form inside ...

With the help of a special imaging tool, scientists have been able to take a sneak peek inside the human brain to know how it ...

The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and ...

Dementia doesn't just erode memory -- it also changes behavior and mental health. A study shows the brain's salience network and tau protein may be involved.

The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and ...

Further research could also help explain and even predict variation in the onset of behavioral changes in people with ...

The Alzheimer's Association estimates that more ... which allows patients to stop taking the treatment once brain scans no longer show amyloid plaques. A Japanese health ministry panel in August ...