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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.

A growing body of evidence suggests that a pattern of depression, even decades earlier, may up the risk for developing Alzheimer's.

An imaging agent developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that attaches to brain areas damaged by Alzheimer's disease may allow doctors to diagnose Alzheimer's at an earlier stage.

If both of your parents have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, you are at increased risk of developing the disease as well.

Alzheimer's like problems may be due to dementia from Parkinson's disease, the second most common degenerative nerve ailment after Alzheimer's.

Scientists studying rodents have linked the learning and memory declines to a stress hormone known as corticosterone. It is similar to the main stress hormone produced in humans, called cortisol.

Stroke risk factors linked to cognitive problems in older Americans.

Less educated people tend to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's at a slightly later age than those who are highly educated, but may have advanced further.

Memory lapses of normal advancing age may be due to communications breakdowns within the brain in otherwise healthy older adults. Cognitive decline and brain problems may occur even in the absence of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia that ravage the brain more severely.

Relatives of someone with Parkinson's were found to be at increased risk for dementia.

Hypertension is linked to mild cognitive impairment.

High blood pressure, chest pains or irregular heart beat linked to impaired memory.

Markers in the blood may signal dementia two to six years before debilitating memory loss.

Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause are at an increased risk of developing memory problems or dementia down the road.

A new study gives insights into the way the brain and memories work, raising the possibility that it may one day be possible to develop a drug to recover lost memories. The findings could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's.

Women who have dementia start losing weight at least 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, a new study shows.

An inability to detect common odors may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

Researchers have discovered new clues as to how strokes or head trauma may increase Alzheimer's risk

Inflammation, long linked to heart disease and other ills, may play an important role in Alzheimer's disease as well, a new study suggests.

Brain scans of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a form of memory loss that sometimes progresses to Alzheimer's disease, show brain defects similar to those of early Alzheimer's disease...

A new study finds that diabetes is also linked to an increased risk for mild cognitive impairment, a condition marked by difficulties in thinking and learning. In some people, mild cognitive impairment may be an "early," transitional form of Alzheimer's disease.

Men and women who develop Alzheimer's disease may show changes in the structures of their brains years before memory loss or other symptoms arise...

Scientists have discovered a gene that may play an important role in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The gene, called SORL1, was uncovered in a huge international study involving 6,000 people...