Alzheimer's Disease

We learn about a nationwide clinical trial, funded by the National Institute of Aging, that's trying to determine if high doses of a synthetic form of Vitamin B1 called benfotiamine might be an effective treatment for mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's Disease. Also known as thiamine, Vitamin B1 is important for brain health, and it's known that people with Alzheimer's have a thiamine deficiency.

Over 580,000 people ages 65 or older are living with Alzheimer’s. The disease has become an epidemic in Florida, which has the second largest population of Alzheimer’s patients in the United States.

Art therapy can serve as an effective form of treatment for people living with dementia. We’ll explore an art therapy program that utilizes museum tours, but has since gone virtual amid the ongoing pandemic.The Arts in MIND program was created by Angel Duncan, M.A.-MFT, ATR, in collaboration with Yale University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit and the Yale University Art Gallery. The program targets younger patients with early onset dementia as well as those in the early stages of dementia. This is a demographic that’s largely underserved.

People at risk for Alzheimer's disease could one day get their diagnosis decades earlier - at the eye doctor.

Alzheimer’s disease is named after a doctor, who in 1906 noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of a mental illness that included…

When it comes to treating patients with Alzheimers disease or another form of dementia, should caregivers be doing more to treat the person and not just…

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., impacting an estimated 5.8 million Americans who currently live with the disease....

Gov. Ron DeSantis is directing the state Department of Health to add Alzheimer’s disease and related types of dementia as a priority in the State Health...

Alzheimer’s disease research grant proposals submitted to a state advisory board would continue to be exempt from Florida’s broad public records law,...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and that number is…