Alzheimers Disease and Dementia

Gene Upshaw was taken aback when he first saw the list of retired NFL players applying for financial help under a new program to help those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Pharmaceutical companies and Alzheimer's groups went to Britain's High Court on Monday seeking to force the state-run health service to give all patients access to three drug treatments for the brain-destroying disease.

An accidental breakthrough made during experimental brain surgery may help doctors unlock how memory works, the Times of London reports.

...true story of Anne Adams, a Canadian scientist turned artist who died of a rare brain disease last year.

...scientists in Seattle provide reassuring evidence that at least some of the disease's gradual mental decline can be held off with, of all things, cholesterol-lowering drugs.

121 recruiting studies

Fewer Americans have disease than previously estimated, researchers say

Many struggle to balance work, challenges of tending to family with disease

Practical Management of Cognitive Symptoms