KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Alzheimer's Tennessee advocates are heading to the state capital to push for a unified Silver Alert system. Feb. 26 is the organization's annual Legislative Day. This year, ...

Esther Landhuis is a journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a Ph.D. in immunology and covers biomedicine in all dimensions, from bench discoveries to biotech to health care. Alzheimer’s ...

As the world's population ages, the number of people living with dementias such as Alzheimer's disease increases.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Alzheimer’s Tennessee will bring its “Alzheimer’s Tennessee 500 Statewide Race to Make Alzheimer’s a Memory” to the Tri-Cities on Friday, where it will provide free ...

For decades, scientists have targeted the sticky protein clumps that amass in Alzheimer's brains as a potential way of ...

Japanese researchers found that lecanemab, an amyloid-clearing drug for Alzheimer’s, does not improve the brain’s waste clearance system in the short term. This implies that nerve damage and impaired ...

Experimental drug NU-9 shows promise in clearing toxic proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists tested NU-9 in a pre-symptomatic animal model of Alzheimer’s disease. Drug ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Public Safety is replacing the state’s Silver Alert system on Friday with a new program called SAFE Alerts. The new program is designed to expand the criteria of an ...