The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio received a $5 million gift from longtime supporters Bill and Rebecca Reed, and re-established an existing dementia precision therapy center in their name.

New University of Michigan research reveals older adults with high cumulative lead exposure face nearly triple the Alzheimer's risk. The study suggests reducing population lead levels could prevent thousands of dementia cases annually.

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine’s Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes causally regulate one another across different types of brain cells affected by Alzheimer’s disease.

Engaging in a variety of intellectually stimulating activities throughout life, such as reading, writing and learning a language, is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and slower cognitive decline, according to a new study published on February 11, 2026, in Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that lifelong learning decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease; it only shows an association.