The Jewish Brain: New hope for Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s has become a growing concern as the Baby Boomer generation ages.

If you are in your 70s or 80s, or love or care for someone who is, you probably pay closer attention to news about Alzheimer’s disease than you once did. Every misplaced name, every forgotten appointment, every step into a room only to wonder why you went there can raise the same unsettling question: Is this ordinary aging, or is something more serious beginning?

At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference held in London from July 12 through 15, researchers offered something we have not heard in a long tim...