Alzheimer's disease

UT Health San Antonio researchers have teased out why some lipids spike in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease and what that may mean for cognitive function, revealing a new target for potential treatments.

A newly constructed center for studying and treating diseases of the brain will open in San Antonio at the end of the year. The Center for Brain Health could revolutionize how we understand disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS.

A newly approved blood test can help rule out some cases based on the amount of amyloid in the brain. A neurology professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center explains.

Think Science: A New Era for Advancing Brain Health took place on Sept. 22, 2025 and featured three researchers and their work, and offered a preview of UT San Antonio's new Center for Brain Health, opening in December. Listen to the full presentation and see slides from the event at the link. Thanks to SAWS for sponsoring this Think Science presentation.

About half a million Texans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Another million Texans serve as unpaid caregivers, managing the daily needs for loved ones. This November, Texas voters will consider Proposition 14, which would direct $3 billion over 10 years to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. If approved, it would be the largest state-funded Alzheimer’s and dementia research program in the nation.

Petrie Dish host Bonnie Petrie sits down with Public Health Watch reporter Raquel Torres to talk about her story on the Alzheimer's crisis in the Rio Grande Valley, as well as a $3 billion proposal to fund Alzheimer's research in Texas that won't go forward unless Texans say yes at the polls in November.

Texas ranks second in the nation for Alzheimer’s deaths and third in prevalence: 460,000 people have the disease and 1.1 million more are their caretakers. But the state’s lack of funding for memory care and support, along with its ongoing refusal to expand Medicaid, is making matters worse.

High "bad" cholesterol appears to be linked to both heart disease and dementia, an analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study shows. But "good" cholesterol doesn't appear to protect against Alzheimer's.

Joe Walsh is the first Alzheimer's patient to be treated with an experimental nasal spray designed to reduce inflammation in the brain.

Photographer Ramin Samandari took photos of his mother's journey through Alzheimer's over the last eight years.