Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that profoundly alters a person’s memory and cognitive function, affects an estimated 6.7 million U.S. adults at least 65 years old, according to the ...

When people have Alzheimer’s disease, their brains slowly accumulate abnormal clumps of two proteins: amyloid and tau. At ...

Sex differences in tau may help explain why women face higher Alzheimer's dementia risk than men. At high levels of brain ...

A new study suggests that women who use a popular hormonal menopause treatment later in life may be at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Hormone replacement therapy during menopause appears to be linked to a toxic brain protein that’s a hallmark of Alzhe ...

Such tests are increasingly moving beyond their origins in cutting-edge research and into the laboratory and diagnostic ...

A new study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia has found that while Alzheimer’s disease is more common in women, men tend to ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Many people who have problems with their memory, especially if they are elderly, worry that they have Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts at least 5.5 million people in the U.S. and ...

A new study by Mass General Brigham researchers has found faster accumulation of tau—a key indicator of Alzheimer's ...

"Studies have shown that vulnerability to Alzheimer's-related changes in the brain increase in women from pre- to ...

One exam, a tau PET scan, relies on a radioactive tracer ... the clumping of tau is more of a defining event for Alzheimer’s. “Amyloid beta is a kindling, and tau is a matchstick,” Karikari ...