In a series of recent animal studies, a handful of deceptively simple molecules have done something that once sounded like science fiction: they have restored memory and reversed biological signs of ...

A simple mineral deficiency might be behind one of medicine’s most devastating diseases. Groundbreaking research reveals that lithium deficiency could trigger Alzheimers disease, opening the door to ...

A new long-term observational study suggests that increasing your daily step count could help slow cognitive decline in older adults already showing biological markers of early Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's disease could one day be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy instead of invasive spinal taps or expensive brain scans. This is the promise of scientists from the Salk Institute for ...