Over the years, many famous people-including actors, musicians and even former U.S. presidents-have raised awareness for Alzheimer's by bravely sharing their own experiences with the disease. Here ...

People can live with Alzheimer's disease for just a few years or for a few decades. But more often, people live with it for about 9 years. About 1 in 8 people ages 65 and over have the disease.

7.2 million people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Deaths due to Alzheimer’s disease more than doubled between 2000 and 2022—over 142%.

The numbers show more than 7 million Americans now live with dementia, which is up from 2022 where close to only 6 million Americans did. Between 2020 and 2022, deaths from heart disease decreased ...

Alzheimer's disease pathology was common in people diagnosed with other dementias, a large cross-sectional study in Sweden showed. While most patients clinically diagnosed with Alzheimer's had ...

People with Alzheimer's disease may retain their ability to empathize, despite declines in other social abilities, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.

Badin and her colleagues enrolled 34 people with Alzheimer’s – 30 women and four men, aged between 80 and 98, living in four French nursing homes – to participate in either equine-assisted ...

Unfortunately, one in nine people in the United States who are 65 or older are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. And based on their 2024 Alzheimer's Disease ...