Aberrant production and/or decreased clearance of Aβ peptides and hyperphosphorylated tau aggregates are widely accepted as implicated in AD pathogenesis. The severity of dementia inversely ...

Vitamin D also helps clear beta amyloid, a protein that plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease, Merrill points out. This is “the ...

Axovant has axed development of its key dementia drug intepirdine after results suggested it actually worsened symptoms compared with placebo. The news sent the neurology-focused Swiss biotech’s ...

Researchers are investigating whether drugs currently used for diabetes and eye diseases could help to prevent or treat dementia Researchers are investigating whether diabetes and eye disease ...

Eisai is launching a special dementia discovery centre to boost development of next-generation medicines targeting forms of the condition, including Alzheimer’s disease. The new Center for ...

Common cardiovascular drugs are linked to a lower risk of dementia in older age, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's ...

Statistics indicate that close to eight million UK residents are grappling with heart disease or related conditions, the two leading causes of death in the country. The high prevalence has made ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - CervoMed (CRVO.O), opens new tab said on Tuesday its experimental drug for a common degenerative brain disease did not meet the main or secondary goals in a mid-stage clinical ...

Pills that prevent Alzheimer’s disease or blunt its effects are on the horizon, as the fight against dementia enters a “new era”, experts have said. Scientific advances were on the cusp of ...

Alzheimer’s drugs should be prescribed like statins to stave off dementia, one of Britain’s leading neuroscientists has said. Prof Sir John Hardy said blood tests would soon allow for routine ...

Warnings have been issued over commonly prescribed drugs could increase risk of dementia following a scientific study. Research suggested that regular use of certain types of commonly-prescribed drugs ...