Blood tests for Alzheimer's may be coming to your doctor's office. Here's what to know

WASHINGTON (AP) — New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported Sunday – but some appear to work far better than others. It’s tricky to tell if memory problems are caused by Alzheimer’s. That requires...

Researchers report that a blood test can help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's faster and more accurately

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Researchers report that a blood test can help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's faster and more accurately.

European committee says Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi shouldn't get marketing approval

Shares of Biogen slid Friday after a European regulatory committee said the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi should not receive marketing approval. The European Medicines Agency committee said concerns about the drug’s potential side effects outweigh the impact it has in slowing the...

FDA approves a second Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on...

FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can slow the disease by several months

WASHINGTON (AP) — FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can slow the disease by several months.

Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer's, her son Nick Cassavetes says

NEW YORK (AP) — The celebrated actor and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, her son, the filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, has revealed. Cassavetes, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Tuesday, said Rowlands has had...

Colombian family's genes offer new clue to delaying onset of Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying a family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer’s found some carry a genetic oddity that delays their initial symptoms by five years. The finding points to novel ways of fighting the mind-robbing disease – if researchers can unravel how a...

Scientists studying a family plagued by early Alzheimer’s found some carry a genetic oddity that delays their symptoms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying a family plagued by early Alzheimer’s found some carry a genetic oddity that delays their symptoms.