Latin name: Ovis aries. Breed is unknown. Sheep are the most widely distributed domestic animal around the world. There are more than 200 breeds and they are raised for their wool, meat and milk. This ...

(Image Professionals GmbH/Foodcollection/Getty Images) A surprising new observational study has found a tentative connection ...

A daily habit as common as a bacon sandwich at breakfast may carry outsized consequences for the roughly one in four adults ...

Two rare mutations in the APOE gene ― APOE ε4 (R251G) and APOE ε3 (V236E) ― dramatically reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), results of a large genetic association study show. APOE ...

A Swedish study is shaking up what doctors thought they knew about Alzheimer’s risk and diet, and for millions of people with ...

A new long-term study suggests higher meat intake may be linked to a lower risk of cognitive decline and dementia in people ...

ApoE research is not just about its three main alleles. You may have heard the words Christchurch and Jacksonville in connection with ApoE, but did you know that well over 100 variants have been ...

See Part 5 and Part 6 of this series. Most amyloid fibrils in the human body are toxic, but a select few perform important functions. What sets them apart? At the Society for Neuroscience annual ...

December 29, 2010 — The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) concentration in blood correlates with brain amyloid burden in nondemented elderly individuals, according to new data from the National Institute on ...