Terry Pratchett says he has Alzheimer's
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Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, he said in a message posted to his illustrator's website.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- Unless Americans make some lifestyle changes now, the number of Alzheimer's disease cases in the United States will double to 6 million by 2030, say experts who caution that their estimates are on the low side.
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Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin,  creator of the acclaimed Inspector Rebus series, said on Monday  his hard-drinking detective hero must retire this year but  might well be back to tackle unsolved cases.
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Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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At 72, the famous mentalist is still full of ambitious predictions.
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People who have a tendency to worry or feel very stressed out may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease later in life, new research reports.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A court-ordered medical test  showed former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffers from  moderate dementia, results which his lawyers plan to use to  free him from facing trial for human rights abuses.
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Iris Murdoch, one of the greatest  British novelists of the 20th century, revealed the first signs  of Alzheimer's disease in her final novel, researchers said on  Wednesday.
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SUNDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Currently, 26.6 million people worldwide have Alzheimer&#39;s disease and that number could grow to more than 100 million people by 2050, a new analysis shows.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- It&#39;s estimated 500,000 Florida drivers have Alzheimer&#39;s disease, and some are calling that a road risk.
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Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Arts & entertainment: Mark Lawson on why Sir Alan Sugar called himself a "bloody old fool".
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Was it the fog of a late-40's brain or something more serious? The author's scientific journey in pursuit of her memory.
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Dutch researcher Marjolein de Vugt has found that carers of dementing family members can exacerbate the dementing patient's problematic behaviour.
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A new study shows that elderly men who walk less than a quarter-mile per day are almost twice as likely to develop dementia as those who walk 2 miles a day.
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Cats can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research by scientists.
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Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer's disease lurking in patients' spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy.