The finding may open a whole new world in the study of Alzheimer's disease, said biophysicist Aneta Stefanovska.

A delay in getting to the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep may be linked to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, ...

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Gum disease, or periodontitis, has been linked to poorer cognitive function. Researchers believe this connection may be due ...

Charles Piller, author of the new book Doctored, says the scientific community needs “to take a good hard look in the mirror.

Yet despite decades of research, no treatment has been created that arrests Alzheimer’s cognitive deterioration, let alone reverses it. That dismal lack of progress is partly because of the infinite ...

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Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have collected a million eye scans from opticians across Scotland, and say digital health projects of its kind could save the NHS £37mil a year.

Getty Images/iStockphoto He added: “I believe it helps my metabolic health, which in turn, helps my risk for developing future dementia.” A new study predicted that 42% of Americans will ...

Researchers have conducted one of the largest eye studies in the world to reveal new insights into retinal thickness, highlighting its potential in the early detection of diseases like type 2 diabetes ...

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, they plan to analyze the images for patterns that ... aged 65 and older were living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia.