There is no known cure for Alzheimer’s, but certain medications can help slow the cognitive decline that’s characteristic of the disease. Cognitive assessments, brain scans and blood tests are ...

For 10 years, a woman with Down syndrome defied what many scientists believed to be an inevitability. Despite carrying the ...

These problematic shapes in your brain can point to a possible Alzheimer's diagnosis ... or a brain tumor: CT scan: Your doctor will take a series of X-rays and put them together to make a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Those who treat patients with Alzheimer’s say that the tests need only a bit ...

Scientists know that a build-up of specific proteins in the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. However, by the time these proteins have become visible in brain scans, disease ...

Alzheimer’s disease ... which can collect between neurons and block cell functions in the brain. A PET scan is a medical imaging technique that uses a small amount of a radioactive substance ...