Alzheimer’s memory loss may be linked to disrupted brain activity during rest, when recent experiences are usually replayed ...

A common infection may reach the eye, trigger inflammation, and worsen memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

Relying on clinical symptoms of memory loss to diagnose Alzheimer's disease may miss other forms of dementia caused by Alzheimer's that don't initially affect memory, reports a new Northwestern ...

One of the most common side effects of aging is forgetfulness or memory loss. You may find that details you used to recall easily are suddenly difficult to retrieve. When you think of improving your ...

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD. In fact, there is ...

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...

A new study in mice suggests that memory problems in Alzheimer’s disease may stem from a breakdown in how the brain replays recent experiences during periods of rest. The research was carried out by s ...

Brain fog and memory loss are common symptoms before, during, and after a migraine attack. They're usually temporary but can ...

Problems with energy-producing cellular structures called mitochondria have previously been linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. Before now, it wasn't clear if this was a cause or ...

In fact, there is another common cognitive disorder with very similar symptoms, called limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy — or LATE for short — that is often misdiagnosed as ...