Recently, a new study was published discussing a new clue in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease: inflammatory triggers. An inflammatory trigger is an event or substance that triggers inflammation within the body. When it … [Read more...]
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease that impacts cognitive functioning. It involves the accumulation of amyloid plaque within the brain that ultimately causes brain cells to die. Memory is typically one of the first things that is … [Read more...]
Why Does Alzheimer’s Progress Rapidly at Times?
Alzheimer’s disease can look very differently from case to case. In some people, Alzheimer’s progresses slowly and the person suffering from it can live a high quality of life for years before a noticeable negative decline occurs. In other … [Read more...]
The Role of Immune Cells in Fighting Alzheimer’s
A new study is helping researchers better understand why Alzheimer’s disease begins, and how it spreads within the brain. The research focused on microglia, which are a sort of first responder cell when something isn’t right … [Read more...]
Alzheimer’s Antibodies Treatment?
Researchers have been working on an antibody treatment that has the potential to help alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment works by binding to amyloid-beta proteins within the brain, effectively helping to check the … [Read more...]
Why Alzheimer’s Treatment is Important
When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it is easy to fall into despair. There’s no cure for Alzheimer’s, and it is marked by a slow cognitive decline. People with Alzheimer’s often struggle with confusion, frustration, … [Read more...]
Lab Mice Leading the Fight Against Alzheimer’s
When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are finding that combining treatment methods are more effective than one method alone. Treatment methods that aimed to reduce the amount of amyloid-beta plaque within the brains of lab mice … [Read more...]
Personality Changes are One of the Hardest Parts of Dementia
For family caregivers, having a loved one suffering from dementia is never easy. Seeing a person that you love slowly forget things that were once second nature to them can be depressing. When they struggle to remember you or other family … [Read more...]
Biomarker for Distinguishing CTE and Alzheimer’s Potentially Found
If you are a fan of football, then you have undoubtedly heard of CTE. This brain disease occurs as a result of brain injuries and concussions, and it can have a significant impact on someone’s life, causing depression, dementia, and other … [Read more...]
Better Alzheimer’s Evaluative Process Needed
With all of the advances that have been made in recent years when it comes to health care and medical treatment, it’s obvious that there is still a big gap in quality of care between the middle class and low income individuals. This has … [Read more...]
Focus of Alzheimer’s Treatment Shifting to Prevention
The existence of Alzheimer’s Disease has been known for over 150 years, and although scientists have not found a cure for this illness, the disease is much better understood than it was in the early 1900s. In fact, just 30 years ago, almost … [Read more...]
Alzheimer’s Disease Often Brings Complexities in Terms of Senior Care
In early studies, deep brain stimulation has proven to show promise when it comes to helping those with Alzheimer’s disease, so much so that more clinical trials are likely going to be held in the near future so that the scientific research … [Read more...]