alzheimer's disease

The human brain never stops growing neurons, a new study claims

By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American

A new study points toward neuron formation in the human brain’s hippocampus up through the ninth decade of life, which implications for memory and disease.

Why the number of Americans with Alzheimer’s could more than double by 2050

By Laura Santhanam

Some people in the early stages of Alzheimer's are likely falling through the cracks and developing more advanced symptoms because their illness isn't caught and treated soon enough, according to a new report from the Alzheimer's Association and medical experts.

Why that one song will always remind you of your ex

By Nsikan Akpan

This Valentine’s Day, three neuroscientists explain why music-evoked memories are so potent -- and whether we can let them go.

For Hilary Swank, a ‘vulnerable’ role as the daughter of an Alzheimer’s patient

By Jeffrey Brown

The new film “What They Had” explores the painful journey of a family coping with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Its accomplished cast includes Blythe Danner as an ailing mother and Hilary Swank as the daughter who comes home to care for…

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I can’t afford Medicare Part B. How do I prepare for tomorrow’s health problems?

By Philip Moeller

While you have dodged a health care bullet so far, the odds are you will need substantial health care in your later years.

This human protein may unfurl toxic tangles in Alzheimer’s disease

By Roni Dengler

A human protein -- called CyP40 -- can untangle the neurodegenerative clumps that characterize Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a new study.

Dr. Alzheimer and the patient who helped reveal a devastating disease

By Dr. Howard Markel

This week marks the 153rd birthday of Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who is often credited for first describing the clinical and micro-anatomic features of a brain disease that steals the memories of millions of people each year.

This is what Alzheimer’s looks like: ‘It looks like me’

By PBS News Hour

What does it feel like to be diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Pam Montana and Chris Hannafan offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on what it means to live with the disease and how their worlds have changed.

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Column: Reviving optimism for regenerative medicine

By Jonathan Gertler, STAT

The next wave of regenerative medicine research is tackling enormous health care issues: AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and heart disease, among others.

New Alzheimer’s drug clears abnormal protein clogs in small, promising trial

By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American

Aducanumab, a new drug that some researchers are calling the most promising yet in the fight against Alzheimer’s, suggests it is possible to clear the brain of the amyloid protein, a characteristic of the disease.