Alzheimer's disease

Insurance companies are weighing whether to cover Biogen’s controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, which has an annual cost of $56,000.

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

A month after approving a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug, the FDA has signed off on new prescribing instructions to limit its use to only patients with early or mild cases of the disease. The acting head of the FDA, Dr. Janet Woodcock, also announced that she was ordering an investigation into whether the agency acted improperly in approving the...

Doctors are trying to figure out who should get a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is the first new treatment for dementia approved by the FDA in decades, and it’s started a war over the brain drug pipeline.

Federal regulators have approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, leaving patients waiting to see how insurers will handle the pricey new treatment

The FDA has approved a controversial drug for Alzheimer’s disease developed by Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company Biogen.

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

Peter Marshall and his wife, Lisa, have been married for 12 years. But with Peter battling early onset Alzheimer’s that he was diagnosed with a few years ago, he doesn’t remember that wedding happening — he just knows that he loves Lisa.

Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but it hasn’t quieted his legendary voice

A company has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease

Government health advisers have sharply criticized an experimental Alzheimer’s drug

New study results are boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple, reliable way to help family doctors diagnose the most common form of dementia

Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults surveyed believed they were likely to develop dementia. The results suggest many didn’t understand the connection between physical health and brain health and how racial differences can affect dementia risk. Substantial numbers of people...

Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. Director of operations for the Seal Veterans Foundation, Steve Gonzalez, said Boesch died peacefully Friday night in hospice care in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was surrounded by loved ones. Boesch joined the...

Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. Director of operations for the Seal Veterans Foundation, Steve Gonzalez, said Boesch died peacefully Friday night in hospice care in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was surrounded by loved ones. Boesch joined the...

Dr. Mehmet Oz has revealed his mother has Alzheimer’s disease and that he failed to notice the signs ahead of the “devastating” diagnosis. The cardiac surgeon and host of “The Dr. Oz Show” wrote on Instagram and his website Monday that he was caught off guard after learning his mother, Suna, 81, had been diagnosed with the irreversible, progressive brain...

Jeff Craddock, of Medford, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. What followed was sobering advice from his neurologist: “Honestly I would look at your bucket list, and those things that you want to do with your children, I would do them sooner rather than later.” Now, he’s taking off on a family adventure. Along with his family, he’s on a...

U.S. regulators warned a leading marijuana company for making unproven health claims about CBD, the trendy ingredient that’s turning up in lotions, foods and pet treats. The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it warned Curaleaf Inc., of Wakefield, Massachusetts, for illegally selling unapproved products. Curaleaf’s claims could lead people to delay medical care for serious conditions like cancer, the...

New research gives some biological clues to why women may be more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease and how this most common form of dementia varies by sex. At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, scientists offered evidence that the disease may spread differently in the brains of women than in men. Other researchers...