This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. The FDA recently cleared, for the first time ...

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Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. A major Alzheimer’s ...

There’s new progress in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. About 1 in 9 US seniors has Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, which slowly impairs memory, thinking skills and the ability ...

For decades, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis was a process of elimination — and often a late one, a Nature Medicine’s 2026 “Finger-Prick” study says. It wasn’t until memory faded and cognitive functions ...

Groundbreaking research has revealed that a single blood test could potentially identify dementia indicators before any symptoms emerge. Nearly 7 million Americans currently battle Alzheimer's disease ...

For the first time, a study shows an online assessment can provide a scientific measure of acetylcholine – a key brain chemical, which declines progressively with cognitive aging and even more quickly ...

WashU researchers have created a model that can seemingly predict a person's symptoms of Alzheimer's within a few years. Reading time 3 minutes Sickness and death are inevitable, but many of us will ...

A single protein in your blood can rise for years before Alzheimer’s symptoms appear. In a new study, researchers argue that rise is steady enough to function like a clock. Not a perfect clock, and ...