Alzheimer's Disease

An olive oil compound that makes your throat itch may also help prevent Alzheimer's

A new understanding of the blood-brain barrier as a living, mutable organ may revolutionize the treatment of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's

Four labs can't replicate finding that showed large-scale clearance of disease-related plaques. Some hope remains for improving memory

A chain reaction of toxic proteins may help explain Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other killers—an insight that could lead to desperately needed new treatment options

A shrinking cortex region is linked to sleep disturbances and memory impairment

A health-agency windfall includes funding for two promising clinical trials, one focusing on prevention and the other on early treatment

Why Obama's "War on Alzheimer's" may pay off

A cancer drug given to mice eliminates brain-damaging proteins, leading to improved cognition within days, but will it work in humans?

Science is bringing some understanding of the heritability, prevalence and inner workings of one of the most devastating diseases

A look ahead also points to what might be the first commercial firm to fly an unmanned cargo craft to the International Space Station and the first useful artificial genome

A gene associated with people who live to be centenarians may be implicated in dementia