Alzheimers

Aging adults who report being very sleepy during the day were nearly three times more likely to have brain deposits of beta amyloid, a protein that's a hallmark for Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent report.

Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors’ offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer’s in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.

"Healing Spaces" is a video game that was created to help adults suffering from neurodegenerative diseases to relax and connect with their caregiver.

A study of 3,877 randomly selected patients found a significant link between three degenerative eye diseases – age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma – and Alzheimer’s disease.

Yale researchers have tested a new method for directly measuring synaptic loss in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers have developed an online tool that helps people who care for those with dementia by helping them anticipate and respond to the behavioral and psychological symptoms of the illness.

Through a $206,184 grant over three years from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), Stony Brook University and Stony Brook Medicine will undertake an innovative Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging research project that will bring new insights into the origins of Alzheimer’s disease.

University at Buffalo biologist Shermali Gunawardena is looking for deeper explanations into the causes of Alzheimer’s and how this debilitating condition can be treated.

Education gives people an edge in their later years, helping them to keep dementia at bay and their memories intact, a new USC-led study has found.

Researchers have developed an online tool that helps older people monitor their brain health and addresses a major obstacle to finding early Alzheimer’s treatments: significant delays in clinical trial enrollment.