Mary Lou Grace Robison only picked up art at the beginning of high school, but looking at her pieces, you’d think she was decades…
Receiving a dementia diagnosis is often overwhelming. For Jim Butler, the reality filled him with doubt and fear, especially during moments when he experienced…
Roughly 2.4 million Americans experience symptoms of dementia-related psychosis, ranging from visual and auditory hallucinations, to paranoid delusions and mistrust of loved ones. While…
For families including those with loved ones who have dementia, navigating the system of conservatorship can be daunting. In November 2020, a Los Angeles…
Caregivers are often overburdened, balancing work and raising a family while caring for a loved one with dementia. Amid the daily stresses of juggling…
Concussions are a serious problem. With symptoms ranging from a day-or-two-long headache up to prohibitive dizziness and cognitive issues that could last for weeks,…
The initial results from Eli Lilly and Co’s Phase 2 clinical trial for experimental Alzheimer’s drug donanemab provide much needed hope for the Alzheimer’s…
“There are one too many similarities for this to be a coincidence,” says a recent Popular Mechanics review of new brain research. We’ve got…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient sat down in 2021 with Executive Director of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Dr. Erin Foff and Chris Schwilk,…
Carolee Lee of WHAM! and Michelle M. Mielke at the Mayo Clinic examine the consequences of ignoring gender and biology in Alzheimer’s research —…
Despite more than a century of research since Alzheimer’s disease was first described in 1906, diagnosing Alzheimer’s remains extremely challenging for physicians. Researchers are…
When a family member is first diagnosed with dementia, it may seem like involving other people in your family member’s care could only complicate…
Poor sleep — which often goes hand in hand with dementia — can lead to a number of other cognitive health problems for people…
Every week in the Being Patient weekly newsletter, founder Deborah Kan shares a thought with readers. This holiday, she reflects on what she is grateful…
Being Patient editors round up a selection of our top reader submissions and Patient Perspectives of 2020. Stories from the Being Patient Community Eugenia…