dementia

The FDA overruled its own scientific advisers in approving Aduhelm, despite lack of proof that it met its promise of slowing patients' decline.

An analysis of 31 other studies concludes that, for people with hearing loss, hearing aids reduce their risk of long-term cognitive decline by 19%.

Sarasota's Roskamp Institute was the first to discover a protein that tends to form clumps in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. A new drug has been shown to reduce it.

The experimental drug lecanemab was able to slow down Alzheimer's in a large study. Many researchers think the drug will become the first to help large numbers of patients.

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

Researchers are launching a make-or-break study to test the conventional wisdom about what causes Alzheimer's disease.

For husbands and wives across Florida, Alzheimer's disease tests their vows. Can they do the hard things?

Caregivers can use puzzles, blankets, comfort food and other tools to help distract their loved one with dementia from the often chaotic environment that comes with sheltering from a hurricane.

Researchers are exploring how a range of factors including racism and gut health can contribute to Alzheimer's and related dementias.

Elopements, while relatively rare, can be extremely dangerous, especially for people living with dementia. However, every instance raises concern about accountability, awareness, training and lack of "person-centered care."