
STAT+: Cognito raises $35 million for Alzheimer’s treatment device, touts benefits compared to drugs
Just as a new wave of approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease reaches patients, medical device…

Just as a new wave of approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease reaches patients, medical device…

False-Positive Mammogram Result May be Warning of Later Breast Cancer Diagnosis Women who get a…

Cutting a Teaspoon of Salt Per Day Significantly Lowers Blood Pressure An antihypertensive medication is…

STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays…

Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis May Increase Risk of Memory Decline A diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (A-fib)…

Of all the things you can do to stay healthy, sipping water throughout the day…

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Since the FDA’s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare’s recent decision to cover…

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WASHINGTON – With the prevalence of some chronic diseases trending up, the U.S. needs to…

Just like every other body part, the brain tends to slow down as we age….

Recently, dementia villages have gained popularity in Europe and Australia as an all-in-one solution to…

Among drugmakers, big pharma has a reputation of being stodgy and old-fashioned, while biotech startups…

The Food and Drug Administration should halt Cassava Sciences’ ongoing clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease….
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Medicare has officially expanded its coverage policy for brain scans that detect a brain plaque…

My sister has a fantasy about our old age: She imagines that the seven siblings…

New Data on Body Mass Index (BMI) Body Mass Index (BMI) is a ratio of…

Alzheimer’s isn’t funny. But comedy can still be a weapon in the fight against this…

Alzheimer’s disease has killed at least three women in Astrida Schaeffer’s family over two generations,…

The first Alzheimer’s therapy to clearly slow cognitive decline, approved in the United States last…

• Diet and Dementia Risk. Adherence to the MIND (Mediterranean-DASH) diet is linked with lower…

As you get older, you may find yourself becoming more relaxed and enjoying your grandchildren,…

Neumora, a neuroscience startup founded by VC Arch Venture Partners, hopes to become one of…

Smoke permeates everything and impacts everyone. The visible stew of carbon and particulates typically from…

Carol Spence’s vision is flooded with green. As her brush swoops right and swishes left,…

New treatments are delaying the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, giving people aging with memory decline…

WASHINGTON — Medicare announced today a pilot program aimed at improving dementia care and reducing…

If you’re looking for more evidence that food choices and dietary patterns can influence health,…

With the advent of disease-modifying Alzheimer’s drugs, everyone in the world of Alzheimer’s diagnostics is…

An estimated 6.7 million Americans who are ages 65 and older currently have Alzheimer’s dementia,…

What can Homer teach us about biotech? Has Big Science gotten too big? And what’s…

WASHINGTON — Medicare on Monday proposed ending restrictions on how many PET scans patients can…

The benefits and risks of Eli Lilly’s treatment for Alzheimer’s disease were confirmed in detailed…

When the genome-editing tool CRISPR is thought of as a potential medicine, the targets that…

LONDON — Starting Sunday, Alzheimer’s specialists will gather for a major conference in Amsterdam, convening at…

Is Wegovy really a brain drug? Which Alzheimer’s disease treatment works best? And what’s the…

WASHINGTON — A week after the Food and Drug Administration granted full, traditional approval to…

Japanese drugmaker Eisai said Tuesday that Ivan Cheung, chairman of its U.S. operations and global…

The recent FDA approval of Leqembi, the latest anti-amyloid drug, is undoubtedly a breakthrough for…

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the first therapy for…

The partnership that would shape Eli Lilly into one of the biggest success stories in…

An effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has long been a holy grail in the pharmaceutical…

Although headlines sometimes give the impression that one groundbreaking nutrition study will change food-based guidance,…

Stronger Bones Linked with Lower Dementia Risk Older adults who have weaker, more brittle bones…