There is no known cure for Alzheimer’s, but certain medications can help slow the cognitive decline that’s characteristic of ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. While there have been immense breakthroughs in medicine, from the discovery of insulin in 1922 to the invention of the ...

Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed from a single MRI brain scan, according to a new study by Imperial College London. Using machine learning technology, researchers were able to examine ...

CT scans can check for signs of stroke or a brain tumour. But they cannot provide detailed information about the structure of the brain. MRI scans can help confirm the type of disease causing a person ...

A study has demonstrated the high accuracy of plasma p-tau217 as a blood-based biomarker for detecting abnormal brain beta-amyloid pathology, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

An experimental drug appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's-related dementia in people destined to develop the disease in their ... are detectable on brain scans and represent tiny spots ...

Getty A woman with Down syndrome who had all the “brain changes” of Alzheimer’s disease didn’t exhibit any of the cognitive symptoms that are characteristic of the progressive dementia ...

A simple, noninvasive eye scan now being developed for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), however, may help address both shortcomings. AD researchers already utilize amyloid positron emission tomography (PET), ...