For years, practitioners of alternative medicine have been touting the benefits of ginkgo, especially for maintaining brain health, but a new study finds that the centuries-old nostrum does little to ...

When doctors suspect Alzheimer's, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient's brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease. But the results of that test ...

New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing memory loss from Alzheimer's disease. Latest Alzheimer's lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques When doctors suspect ...