Persistent inflammation in the gut, lungs and skin might lead to Alzheimer's disease, but lifestyle choices - from getting ...

A growing body of research points to chronic, low-grade inflammation inside the brain as a possible accelerant of Alzheimer’s disease, not just a bystander response to damage already done. The 2024 ...

Delirium: Often mistaken for dementia, acute confusion may result from infections, medications or metabolic imbalances and always should be investigated. Eyesight and hearing impairments: Sensory ...

In people destined to get Alzheimer's in their mid-40s, one protein can delay the onset of the disease by about 20 years.

Researchers evaluated lifetime traumatic brain injury incidence and its association with long-term all-cause and dementia-related mortality.

Doctors break it down.

Anyone who’s lost a loved one to Alzheimer's disease may be worried about noticing symptoms in themselves. Alzheimer's takes a terrible toll. It’s the most common cause of dementia — abnormal brain ...

With aging populations on the rise, the need for better tools to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, has never been more urgent. This disease is ...

What happens when a promising therapy falls short? Medscape spoke with Jeffrey Cummings, MD, who led the EVOKE trials of the GLP-1 semaglutide for AD, about what the results mean — and what comes next ...

Dementia is an umbrella term to describe cognitive (thinking) problems that are severe enough to affect everyday life. There are many types of dementia – such as Alzheimer's disease, which is the most ...

We know that football players and boxers have brain damage from repeated blows. Now brain research reveals chronic job stress causes brain damage and tips to protect it.