Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people worldwide, yet the illness is hardest to catch at the very beginning, when new treatments may work best. In a new study, Duke Health researchers show ...

This is a summary of a press release from Duke Health News. Alzheimer’s disease is notoriously difficult to detect early, often diagnosed only after memory and cognitive decline have already begun. A ...

Scientists may have sniffed out a breakthrough when detecting Alzheimer’s. The degenerative disease, which affects millions of Americans and gradually destroys memory, thinking skills and the capacity ...

Your greatest fear about aging might soon become preventable. Duke University researchers have cracked the code on detecting Alzheimer’s disease using nothing more than a gentle nasal swab-years ...

Nasal swabs detected early signals of Alzheimer's changes in nerve and immune cells in a study of 22 adults, including several people with asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease. (Nature Communications) A ...