Alzheimer's Stories
- Recent research suggests a new lab test can help to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease quickly and easily.
- Developing dementia is not inevitable: how you live your life in your 20s and 30s could impact your cognitive health in those golden years.
- June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. And seeing that new research states the risk of developing the disease is higher for women, we bring you some top tips to help boost your brain health.
- When life gets you down, stay positive. It might just help prevent the development of dementia as you reach your elderly years.
- The FDA is warning consumers about a controversial anti-aging treatment where older patients are injected with blood donated by young individuals.
- The new CDC study is said to be the first one to forecast Alzheimer’s and related dementias by race and ethnicity with Hispanic Americans expected to see the largest projected increase.
- It's not just good for keeping you alert! Drinking coffee has been linked to surprising beneficial properties in several studies, offering protection against short-term pain and chronic diseases.
- Adults who reported feeling very sleepy during the daytime were three times more likely to have brain deposits of beta-amyloid, a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease.
- In a new study, women who gave birth five or more times were 70 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who had fewer births.
- Alzheimer's disease among Americans is on the rise, costing us in more ways than one, according to a new report.
- An anti-cancer compound found in daffodils may prove key to fighting cancer.
- Research suggests that natural selection may eventually weed out the genetic mutations related to Alzheimer's disease and other genetic conditions.