Alzheimer’s Disease

Homes and communities can feel foreign and lonely for those living with dementia. Mayo’s Angela Lunde is part of a group working to change that[...]

When legendary musician Glen Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, he decided to keep performing. And that likely helped Campbell and his family weather the[...]

The patient had already had a busy day. One more appointment that afternoon seemed impossible to manage. It wasn't that he was tired after a[...]

For the past 25 years, much of the energy in Alzheimer’s research has been focused on amyloid protein as the primary driver of cognitive decline[...]

The Birkebeiner cross-country ski race in Hayward, Wisconsin, is one that Kurt “Charlie” Steil has skied many times (24, in fact). He even finished in[...]

“I’m still here but yet I’m gone.” That heartbreaking line pretty well sums up the last couple years for country legend Glen Campbell. It’s also[...]

Clifford Jack, M.D., is best known for his work in Alzheimer's disease research – specifically brain imaging research in cognitive aging. But as a recent[...]

The statistics are staggering. According to The Wall Street Journal, "some 5.2 million people in the U.S. had Alzheimer's disease in 2014, a number that[...]

For more than five decades, Glen Campbell has been making our ears happy with songs from his more than 70 studio albums. But back in[...]

There's always a buzz around the Alzheimer's Association International Conference -- "the world's largest conference of its kind." One particularly buzzy story line coming out[...]