Alzheimer's disease

Pediatric nephrologist Scott Schurman explains how kidney disease impacts children, including diagnosis and treatment, which may include transplant. Physical therapists Ryan Martin and Morgan Phillips tell how aquatic physical therapy can help patients. Geriatrician Sharon Brangman answers whether memory problems signal dementia.

In just a few weeks, a new memory care unit will open at Loretto, helping to meet a crucial need in the community.

Researchers launched a major study of an experimental Alzheimer's drug this summer. They also learned a lot about how to protect participants who must make frequent visits to a medical center.

Two new human studies back earlier hints that vaccines designed to prevent respiratory infections might also provide some protection against Alzheimer's disease.

After a decade of failure in treating Alzheimer's with drugs, the National Institutes of Health is funding a five-year effort in Seattle to learn more about how the disease starts in the brain.

The isolation of quarantining during a pandemic brings a new set of challenges to families who care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Every day,…

Upstate Medical University in Syracuse is starting a new clinical trial to find out whether a nicotine patch can improve the memory of people diagnosed…

In the late 1970s, the newly formed National Institute on Aging redefined senility as a disease – specifically, Alzheimer's disease. They said that with…

Upstate Medical University is screening people who want to participate in a new, national clinical research study of a treatment for mild to moderate…

Alzheimer’s disease currently afflicts 5.7 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. That fact has led researchers in Massachusetts to…