The number of people living with dementia - the biggest killer of women in Australia - will double by 2058,putting pressure on budgets and carers.
One study showed that losing the ability to smell,which has been commonly reported among COVID-19 patients,is correlated with cognitive troubles.
Alzheimer’s disease is not an inevitable result of ageing. Even those who are genetically predisposed can markedly delay it or show no evidence of it before they die by doing the things we know are healthful.
A controversial new drug that has offered hope to Alzheimer’s sufferers by slowing cognitive decline still needs to be cleared by local regulators before it can be rolled out in Australia.
Every three seconds,someone in the world develops a form of dementia. So why is it so poorly understood?
The US Food and Drug Administration’s controversial decision delighted advocacy groups but defied the wishes of many top experts in the field.
The pair drew on their 20-year history to play a bickering couple in Supernova,which grapples with the realities of early-onset dementia.
Researchers are a step closer in understanding the complex tangle of Alzheimer’s disease,discovering how a toxic protein linked to the disorder spreads through the brain.
Tony Bennett has been quietly hiding his Alzheimer’s disease for four years.
Biogen shares soared as much as 47 per cent on Wall Street as FDA reviewers said the company's experimental Alzheimer's disease therapy appears effective.
An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer's disease from those without it,boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple way to help diagnose it.