The state of Texas reports that there are about 3.4 million family caregivers whose unpaid care amounts to approximately $41 billion. More than 1 million of those caregivers— about a third — care for loved ones with dementia.

Scientists at UT Health San Antonio have made a major breakthrough regarding treatment for diseases like brain cancer and Alzheimer’s.

New Mexico has paired up with the Alzheimer’s Association in a pilot U.S. initiative aimed at raising awareness about a disease that affects several million people in the country.

Britain’s drug regulator approved the Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla on Wednesday, but the government won’t be paying for it after an independent watchdog agency said the treatment isn’t worth the cost to taxpayers.

June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.

San Antonio researchers are using data dating back to 1948 to discover a possible key to predicting dementia five to 10 years before symptoms appear.

A new blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear may be moving closer to reality, according to new research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Those who volunteered several times per week had the highest levels of executive function. The study also found better memory and executive function among those who volunteered.

A new study out of San Antonio shows certain probiotics in the gut point to dementia, and researchers think by controlling gut health could postpone or even prevent dementia.

These past few years are being called a major tipping point in Alzheimer's research. A second treatment has now been approved that targets the underlying cause of Alzheimer's, not just the symptoms.

When it comes to the highest prevalence of Alzheimer's and dementia across the state Bexar county comes in seventh. This brand new information comes from the Alzheimer's Association, in the first ever report that lists numbers by county instead of by state.

The World Health Organization reports that 55 million people across the globe have dementia. With the aging population set to double in the next 20 years, experts know treatment breakthroughs are necessary.

A new Alzheimer’s drug with FDA approval is soon hitting the market and is the first with clear-cut evidence that it can slow the disease. But on top of medical questions, there are still some practical questions as well.

Medicare recipients will get a premium reduction — but not until next year.

The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration is calling for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency’s drug reviewers and the maker of a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire)– More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and that number is projected to increase to nearly 13 million by 2050. But there are steps you can take today to lower your risk of developing this devastating brain disease.

Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, and more than 16 million Americans provide unpaid care -- husbands, wives, daughters and sons, often working around the clock to keep their loved ones safe. 45-year-old Usha Tewari rarely leaves her apartment. Dama Melendez, Program Manager for Alzheimer’s Association, Central & North Florida Chapter, works with Alzheimer’s families. Use security cameras to monitor doors, so loved ones don’t wander out. Usha Tewari said she also found help through the Rosalynn Carter institute at www.rosalynncarter.org.

Two-thirds of Alzheimer’s cases in the United States are in women. Researchers used to think that more women got Alzheimer’s because they lived longer. Scientists scanned the brains of women and men and found declines in estrogen were involved in Alzheimer’s abnormalities. Another brain scan showed women metabolized sugar better, which may help them compensate for dementia damage better, causing a delayed diagnosis. Specifically, one of the genes was linked to Alzheimer’s risk in women and three were linked to risk in men.