The lack of proper blood flow deprives brain cells of oxygen and nutrients, leading to damage or death of brain tissue.

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New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant ...

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A new diagnostic tool is being developed which could one day allow doctors to diagnose Alzheimer's disease through a simple ...

Recommendations are presented for the diagnostic evaluation of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) or AD and related dementias (ADRD).

New drug approvals and a federal dementia care pilot program among the year's significant developments, according to the ...

Mild chronic small vessel disease, or cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), is an umbrella term for a range of conditions ...

Xenon is regularly used as an anesthesia agent. But it could also someday become an Alzheimer's treatment. © Kobus Louw via Getty The next Alzheimer’s treatment ...

In a trial featuring a mouse model of Alzheimer's, scientists found that inhaling a mixture containing xenon gas helped ...