As well as helping to prevent the disease, researchers say their findings could support healthy brain aging in general.

Researchers from the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences, working with the National Institute on Aging, have ...

Scientists at Harvard say they may have found a key cause of Alzheimer’s disease — too little lithium in the brain. The new ...

A Harvard study suggests lithium loss may be linked to Alzheimer's, offering hope for early detection and new treatments, ...

L-lysine is an essential amino acid. Another amino acid, arginine, counteracts the antiviral action of lysine. As a result, L ...

UCSF researchers have pinpointed a crucial brain receptor that helps immune cells called microglia clear out toxic amyloid ...

A new study led by Harvard Medical School researchers found that lithium can help the brain resist the ravages of aging and ...

Researchers find that tiny doses of lithium could slow Alzheimer’s symptoms by reducing brain plaques and protecting neural ...

One-third of people older than 85 in the United States are estimated to live with Alzheimer's disease today, according to the ...

Blood biomarkers might signal Alzheimer’s risk long before symptoms emerge, offering a possible tool for early prevention. A ...

In mice, lithium depletion accelerated brain pathology and memory decline, Yankner and colleagues showed. Feeding wild-type ...

Dr. Howard Whiner, a neurologist at Mass General Brigham who helped develop a nasal spray aimed at slowing Alzheimer’s, joins ...