Aug. 13 -- TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- PET scans may provide doctors with a non-invasive method of detecting Alzheimer's disease-related brain plaques, Finnish researchers say. Currently, the ...

Levels of iron in the brain could be a warning sign of future Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. High levels of the chemical element have been shown to increase brain toxins and trigger ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared a blood test that detects signs of Alzheimer's disease in the brain, according to multiple studies. This is the first-ever blood test ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 6 (UPI) --Spanish and Chinese scientists said Monday they have used specifically tailored nanoparticles ...

A new study shows that a single injection of specially designed nanoparticles can dramatically reduce levels of a toxic ...

GE HealthCare aims to further build out its portfolio of programs focused on brain scans with a deal to acquire the MRI artificial intelligence developer icometrix following years of collaborating.

For decades, scientists believed Alzheimer’s was driven mainly by sticky protein plaques and tangles in the brain. Now Purdue researchers have revealed a hidden culprit: fat. They found that brain ...

Obesity has long been acknowledged as a risk factor for a wide range of diseases, but a more precise link between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease has remained a mystery – until now. A ...