Alzheimer's Disease

As the 2023 Women’s World Cup kicks off, repeated concussions and head injuries in the sport raise discussion about the lifelong consequences on the brain

Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas

There is no cure for FTD, the disease that actor Bruce Willis was recently diagnosed with, but new research suggests some future therapies

Eisai and Biogen share clinical trial data confirming that lecanemab slows mental decline amid reports of potentially related deaths

Researchers are giving drugs to healthy people in hope of clearing away toxic proteins in the brain and preventing neurodegeneration.

Trend reflects the nation’s aging population and increasing life expectancy

Recently we talked about the two-way connection between the brain and the small and large intestines (aka the gut). This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen continues our journey through the gut by investigating the link between heartburn drugs and dementia

More than two million healthy people played a game that could detect declining navigation skills, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s

A brain plaque inhibitor developed by Merck is now being tested in larger studies for efficacy against the still unstoppable neurodegenerative disease

Metformin may slow or reverse dementia and cognitive impairment, even in nondiabetics 

Patients who received the antibody therapy had reduced levels of amyloid protein in their brains after one year

The costs for reminders to eat, shower or take medication can be staggering