Final stages in dementia can be unpredictable. While symptoms may suggest that the end is near, individuals can sometimes live for weeks or even months beyond initial expectations. Understanding ...

One way to detect Alzheimer’s early is by spotting changes to people’s use of language. This is because new speech problems ...

For now, Gibbs is still active in managing his website, as well as speaking at conferences and panel discussions, but he and his wife know the end stages of Alzheimer's aren't pretty. Still ...

Both FDA-approved medications are designed to remove amyloid beta plaques from the brains of people with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, potentially slowing the rate of cognitive decline.

It's hard to trust the disease statistics when cognitive tests often are not completed, write Robert Brownell and Dr. Yogesh ...

Cassava Sciences' troubled development of Alzheimer's disease candidate simufilam looks like it may have finally reached the end. The Austin, Texas-based biotech revealed that simufilam failed its ...