More than 7 million Americans aged 65 and older have Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. Yet average wait times for a dementia diagnosis range from 12 months to nearly four years.

Findings seen in pilot study of older adults with mild cognitive impairment, but other coprimary outcomes did not meet significance thresholds.

It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

You walk into a room and forget why you came there. You can’t remember where you put your keys five minutes ago. You struggle to recall the name of someone you’ve known for years. Everyone around you ...

A new understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is shaking up what many believed about how this devastating illness takes hold. Once thought to be driven only by toxic plaque buildup and dying neurons, it ...

For many years, astrocytes were seen as simple support cells in the brain. Today, that picture is changing fast. These star-shaped brain cells do more than provide structural help—they actively shape ...

The prognosis for Alzheimer’s disease is much better when patients are diagnosed as early as possible. And there’s great news on that front. WTOP talked to two local doctors about an advancement in ...

A clinical trial suggests that low-dose lithium may slow the decline of verbal memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and amyloid-beta.