LATEST ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH NEWS YOU CAN USE

People with mild Alzheimer's disease may benefit from regular physical activity...

Providing a different cutoff point on the Mini-Mental State Exam, or MMSE, a 30-question questionnaire commonly used to suggest a diagnosis of Alzheimer's, may identify more college-educated adults with early disease, a new study suggest.

Researchers have identified a gene, CALHM1, that may raise the risk of getting late-onset Alzheimer's...

Getting blood pressure under control appears to be an important step for reducing heart disease and stroke in the elderly...

Keeping cholesterol under control limits the risk of heart disease, now, research shows that HDL, the so-called good form of cholesterol, may also be good for the memory.

Researchers have identified four new genes that may play a role in late-onset Alzheimer's, the most common form of the memory-ravaging illness that afflicts some five million Americans.

A new class of drugs called gamma-secretase modulators give doctors hope that these medications may offer effective new treatments for Alzheimer's.

Bapineuzumab, an experimental Alzheimer's drug now undergoing testing, showed promise in mid-stage trials in people with early to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Women over age 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia compared to men in their 90s...

Intellectual stimulation on the job may stave off cognitive decline in old age.

Studies are conflicted on whether anti-inflammatories lower dementia risk.

Even Short-Term Use of Psychosis-Fighting Drugs Poses Dangers for Those With Alzheimer's

A strong social network may be key to a sharp memory.

Use of bright lighting in senior care facilities was associated with improvement in dementia symptoms.

Smoking at midlife increases the risk of failing memory.

Flurizan, an experimental drug that had been undergoing late-stage testing, failed...

Expressing thoughts and feelings may help caregivers to make sense of a difficult situation.

Patients taking tarenflurbil had less functional decline in mid-size clinical trial.

New findings show that people with Alzheimer's disease who take vitamin E appear to live longer than those who don't take the vitamin.

Heavy drinkers and heavy smokers develop Alzheimer's disease years earlier than people with Alzheimer's who do not drink or smoke heavily, according to new research.

Those with high cholesterol in their early 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those with low cholesterol.

Men who develop diabetes in mid-life significantly increased their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later.

So-called "anticholinergic" medicines for motion sickness, urinary incontinence and other conditions may cause older people to experience greater decline in their thinking skills than people not taking the drugs.

A large hippocampus -- a part of the brain devoted to memory -- may help ward off Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.