Alzheimer’s disease

February 23, 2024

A medical bag with fluid is labeled "lecanemab" with patient information

Alzheimer’s ‘milestone’

Doctors describe a new drug as a first step toward revolutionizing the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


June 4, 2019

At bat for Mom

Former Husky outfielder Braden Bishop's charity event raised $50,000 for Alzheimer’s research.


September 1, 2014

Beloved Linda

None of us knows what adversities life will bring. It was more than fifteen years ago, in 1999, when I first discovered that my wife, Linda, was having serious problems with short-term memory loss. It was the first stage of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.


March 1, 2008

Trouble in mind

UW researchers are trying to untangle the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease before it reaches epidemic proportions.


March 1, 1995

Hope against Alzheimer's

Almost half of all Americans over 85 have Alzheimer's, but hope is on the horizon as UW research begins to break its secrets.