Clinical trials testing the value of antioxidants in treating Alzheimer's are under way.

Doctors who treat Alzheimer's say they have to deal with two principals: the patient and the family.

Donepezil (Aricept) is approved to treat mild, moderate, and severe Alzheimer's.

Get the details on medications used to treat Alzheimer's.

Understanding more about acetylcholinesterase may help scientists develop drugs to treat Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementing illness, affecting an estimated 4 million aging Americans.

Our Harlequin poison dart frog, for example, secretes a toxin that blocks neuro-transmission and could play a role in treating Alzheimer's.

The costs of treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes ballooned.

"He's treating Alzheimer's like an enemy," Mr. Makris said.

Researchers have long warned against treating Alzheimer's with anti-inflammatories until evidence from a controlled trial like Dr. Aisen's was available.

Only a handful of drugs have been approved to treat Alzheimer's and none provide more than slight, temporary relief of symptoms.