Your risk of cancer,heart attack and Alzheimer’s could be revealed with a swab of saliva. But the burgeoning DNA technology has significant flaws.
Singer Mark Seymour can’t recall how long his mother,Paula,was living with dementia in the end. But he clearly remembers the point at which everything changed.
Many assume it’s time to break out Sudoku or crosswords,but socialising can be just as beneficial for your brain.
The drug is the first to convincingly show it can slow the memory and thinking decline that defines the disease. But the side effects and costs are significant.
A safety trial in humans is under way in Brisbane,using ultrasound to target the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients in an effort to wake them back up.
The 39-year-old Thor star says he will take a break from acting after discovering he has the ApoE4 gene. What is it,and can you get tested?
Queensland researchers uncover a link in how COVID-19 triggers symptoms similar to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s,as well as a potential treatment.
QIMR researchers have shown how a novel technique could increase drug delivery into the brain.
At 70,the Irish actor is still doing tough-guy roles,but increasingly he wants to face his mortality too.
Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its American partner,Biogen,said the slowing of deterioration,compared with a placebo,was “highly statistically significant”.
Having seen her father’s slow decline and death due to Alzheimer’s,Renee Brack faces a dilemma with no easy answers.