Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows ...

One gene called APOE has long been known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, but without a specific variant most ...

Data indicating unequal treatment effects in women has prompted calls for more nuance in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and drug ...

Dementia is a general term for a set of symptoms that affect memory, thinking, and daily life. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia—but it’s just one type. Not all dementia is ...

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are terms that are often used interchangeably, they don’t mean the same thing. Understanding the difference isn’t just helpful for clarity, it’s essential for ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Whenever flu hits the headlines, as it has this winter, attention inevitably turns to the flu vaccine. Might a higher dose be more effective in older adults? A ...

New potential for Alzheimer disease biomarker testing found in dried blood collection derived from capillary blood.

A study published in npj Dementia looks at apolipoprotein E genetic variants of Alzheimer’s disease. Prof Anneke Lucassen, Professor of Genomic Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of ...