The Alzheimer’s clinical trial success rate isn’t pretty: A 99.6 percent failure rate means there are only four approved drugs to treat Alzheimer’s on…
Researchers are developing a high-tech dresser to offer support with dressing for people living with dementia. Caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients know that it isn’t…
For today, there are no doctor’s visits. No long afternoons with nothing to do. No struggles over bathing — or not. At the National…
We know that certain mental illnesses and risk of dementia are linked. Depression, for one, and dementia have a well-established link—both after diagnosis and…
Do you ever wonder why you feel so good when you hear an old favorite song you know all the words to, but you…
As part of the Being Patient brain experts Live Talk series, our editor in chief Deborah Kan sat down with UCSF’s Dr. Ed Blonz,…
Long-term use of certain drugs, some of them used to treat depression, has been linked to an increase in dementia risk in a study…
Hospitals have failed to identify dementia in one third of patients, a new study from the U.K. shows. Those patients, who require unique support…
Scientists highlight that targeting amyloid early on in patients’ progression of Alzheimer’s is key to treating the disease effectively. By the time a patient…
A new study released by the University of Montana showed that symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease were present in those who had been exposed to…
Jasja De Smedt Kotterman, whose mother died of Alzheimer’s in 2017, said she was always fearful that her mother was in pain toward the end…
Memory loss is inescapable as we age. Everyone will experience some difference in the way they remember things from when they were younger. The…
It’s not just any one thing that causes Alzheimer’s disease, but rather a combination of factors that range from possessing certain variants of genes…
Listening to music at a World Rocks Against Dementia day, as well as hosting a food and clothes drive to raise money for homeless…
We know that a sedentary lifestyle isn’t good for your health. Studies on inactivity have led to headlines like “Sitting Can Kill You,” and…