Lithium salts have shown promise in treating Alzheimer’s disease by preventing certain proteins in the brain from clumping ...

One unexpected player may turn the tables on Alzheimer’s: lithium. Image credit: Heather Diehl/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Lithium is a mineral that can be found in nature. Very small amounts of ...

Researchers hoped results from the latest trial on low-dose lithium would settle the question of lithium’s potential to ...

Top row: In a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, lithium deficiency (right) dramatically increased amyloid beta deposits in the brain compared with mice that had normal physiological levels of ...

Lithium, long used in psychiatry, is also a naturally occurring element present in food, water, and the environment. Recent studies highlight its potential role as a trace nutrient with ...

Only 29% of bipolar disorder patients are prescribed lithium, even though it produces the best clinical results.