Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that impairs the memory, alters judgment and changes normal behavior. The loss of brain function declines over time and risk of developing Alzheimer’s increases with age. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but some drugs can treat the disease by slowing the symptom’s progression.

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Hoping to crack Alzheimer’s, together as a family

For the Betancur family, it was a kind of pilgrimage, an act of faith in science. In September, four family members traveled from Medellin, Colombia, to the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix, along with eight distant...

Forget Botox. Anti-aging pills may be next.

David Sinclair made headlines last month by discovering that a chemical commonly found in red wine could vastly increase the life span of yeast. Now he aims to become biotechnology's answer to Ponce de León. Dr....

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