Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, genetic disorders affecting the brain, have no effective treatment and are typically fatal ...

Researchers say the new concept that lithium deficiency could be a cause of Alzheimer’s disease points to a different ...

As well as helping to prevent the disease, researchers say their findings could support healthy brain aging in general.

A few limited clinical trials of lithium for Alzheimer’s disease have shown some efficacy, but the lithium compounds they ...

Years of investigation by scientists at Harvard has revealed that lithium is deeply involved in Alzheimer’s disease, a ...

In a provocative new study, Harvard Medical School scientists found that lithium, an element found in some foods and drinking ...

People with Alzheimer’s disease have lower levels of lithium in their brains than those without cognitive impairment, and the ...

A study has identified a key disruption in cholesterol transport to the brain in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that the lipoproteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients ...

Still, the perennial herb has been used for centuries in Indian Ayurveda traditional medicine, according to the Cleveland ...

A Harvard team reverses dementia in mice with a metal supplement, after showing that its deficiency drives the disease ...

The grant will fund a new center at the medical school which will be one of only two in the U.S. dedicated to developing stem ...

Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, genetic disorders affecting the brain, have no effective treatment and are typically fatal ...