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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of 2023, an estimated 6.7 million Americans aged 65 and older were living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the ...

A laboratory technician holds a blood sample in Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Senior Correspondent As the world’s population ages, health experts are bracing for higher rates of age ...

Roche is on a roll: For the second time in less than a year, the company has scored FDA clearance for a pair of assays that can be used together to help spot signs of Alzheimer’s disease. The duo ...

This article was produced in partnership with the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Henry, a carpenter in ...

For decades, diagnosis of brain cancer has been medicine’s most difficult and hazardous challenge. Simple imaging such as MRI scans may reveal a suspicious-looking lesion, but the only sure way to ...