ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Full Story

Dr. Zahinoor Ismail, MD, wants to learn more about the mental and physical load caregivers experience as they look after someone with dementia. Full Story 

Dr Zamrini is an internationally recognized memory disorders specialist. Since 1988, he has been dedicated to the care of patients with memory problems, teaching, and research. Full Story 

Patients and families gathered with faculty, students and trainees on May 11 for Alzheimer Day, an annual event hosted by the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease to…

DEAR AMY: My dearest friend in the world was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at a relatively young age. Full Story 

Depression. Thoughts of suicide. Job loss. The unpaid role of being a family caregiver for a loved one living with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia comes with many…

Uberlinda Godoy Santana, 94, has Alzheimer’s, a condition that causes a gradual decline in memory, thinking, behavior and social skills. Full Story 

“Music and Memory” is a short documentary that explores the power of music for treating dementia and other related diseases in the context of memory. Full Story 

Using a microsimulation algorithm that accounts for the effect on mortality, a team from Marseille, France, has shown that interventions targeting the three main vascular risk factors for dementia —…

Alzheimer’s disease is the health condition Americans 60 or older are most afraid of getting. But dementia experts say research is increasingly demonstrating that there are ways to reduce that risk.…