Rusty Martin of Des Moines is leaving for Switzerland in a few days to die. He wrote to explain how he came to this choice.

A test looking at a key protein in the blood, combined with a new form of drug therapy that can be administered in the home, ...

A woman with Alzheimer’s disease died two weeks after suffering ant bites at a Charleston nursing facility. Police and other ...

Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer's disease.

(Ktsimage/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Alzheimer's disease is such a challenging condition to study because it presents researchers with a complex mesh of risk factors, causes, and symptoms that need ...

Oshkosh’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Sept. 26 at Lakeshore Pavilion, raising funds for care, support and research.

"Based on your evaluation, I’ve reviewed the memory tests you took, and we believe Alzheimer's disease is causing your symptoms. We'd like to see you back in six months.” As they sat in the parking ...

New studies point to the power of testing for and treating tau, a protein that builds up in Alzheimer’s disease, instead of just amyloid.

A new study reveals how hyperphosphorylated tau causes reverse electron transport in mitochondria, driving Alzheimer's ...

A new study presents the first complete T2T marmoset genome, advancing Alzheimer's research and primate genomics.

Clinical trials can track memory, brain scans, and biological markers, but they cannot usually show exactly what happened ...