Brain inflammation, while an important aspect of the immune response, plays a negative effect on Alzheimer’s disease. Unlike ...

A study reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein ...

Receiving routine vaccinations against common infections like tetanus, shingles, and pneumonia may offer an unexpected ...

Cambridge researchers are developing implants to help repair brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease. As part of a £69 ...

An inert and unreactive gas may not seem like an obvious candidate for treating Alzheimer’s disease, yet a new study in mice ...

Most of us are aware that excess weight around the belly in middle age raises our risk of developing a long list of health ...

A poor response to insulin can lead to dementia, so the idea that exercise can help prevent this by possibly boosting insulin ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Down Syndrome, are increasingly being linked to cellular ...

Corinne has personal experience of dementia, with her grandad having Alzheimer’s disease, which further fuels her determination to make a difference. She lives in Hertfordshire with her three children ...

When a person is diagnosed with dementia they may not understand or accept their diagnosis. This may be because the person is in denial, or because they have what is known as ‘lack of insight’. When a ...