Dementia and depression often go hand-in-hand in patients with Alzheimer's disease, but many don't respond well to traditional antidepressants. Now, an experimental home-based electrical therapy may ...

Men are from Mars and women are from Venus – so goes the title of the infamous pop psychology book. Our two sexes may not be ...

Herriot Tabuteau combined his Yale medical degree and two decades in finance to start Axsome Therapeutics. Now the company ...

Over 7 million Americans are living with the progressive and debilitating cognitive impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease ...

It affects approximately 4 million people in the United States and is the fourth leading cause of death among adults. The number of people with Alzheimer's disease is expected to grow significantly ...

Ritalin, a drug most often used for attention deficit disorders in the very young, may hold promise for a very different set of patients - the predominantly old group of patients who suffer with ...

New research has shown that diet could influence the risk of both depression and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms are both a risk factor for AD and a reaction to ...

Gardening offers therapeutic benefits for individuals experiencing memory loss, providing physical exercise, sensory stimulation, and social interaction. Safe garden design considerations include ...

Alzheimer’s is usually tied to older age, but a new case spotlights a 19-year-old young man with a pattern that resembles the disease.