For the first time, researchers are reporting that a treatment might help stabilise Alzheimer’s disease for as much as three years, although the evidence is weak and in only four patients.

TAKING care of your body just might save your mind. Millions of cases of Alzheimer’s disease worldwide could be prevented by curbing risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and lack of exercise.

A SUBTLE change in a memory-making brain region seems to predict who will get Alzheimer's disease nine years before symptoms appear, according to the latest scientific reports.

People with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, scientists said today.