Researchers working at UCLA have published a new study in which they suggest that people with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than others. They did also found however that the widely used Alzheimer’s drug donepezil may be useful in helping to delay the progression of the disease in [...]

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of elderly dementia and affects more than 5 million people in the United States alone. The symptoms can often be missed in early stages but there are currently no tests that can determine an individual’s risk for developing the disease. But thanks to the work of UCLA scientists there [...]

Alzheimer’s Disease Begins Long Before the Mind Fails – What are the Early Warning Signs?
Alzheimer’s disease is brain disorder and the most common form of dementia that occurs in those aged over 65 (symptoms appearing earlier is called Younger-onset Alzheimer’s). Named after the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer who first diagnosed it in 1906, it is [...]