NEW YORK: Microbes both friend and foe might contribute to the formation of amyloid plaques, according to researchers who spoke at the third annual Zilkha Symposium on Alzheimer Disease & Related Disorders, held in Los Angeles. Rudy Tanzi of Massachusetts General Hospital in Charlestown presented ongoing Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases may be symptoms of inflammation caused by an out-of-control immune system, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia.

Previously, most dementia and Alzheimer’s research has focused on the role of protein deposits called amyloid plaques that Read More »

PHOENIX: Last year, in an operating room at the University of Toronto, a 63-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease experienced something she hadn’t for 55 years: a memory of her 8-year-old self playing with her siblings on their family farm in Scotland.

The woman is a Read More »

DALLAS: A new brain scan can spot Alzheimer’s 15 years before symptoms appear.

British scientists pioneering the technique say providing an early warning could prove crucial in beating the devastating brain disease.

The process, currently being tested at University College London, can locate and measure Read More »