Many non-genetic factors affect our cognitive health and our risk of developing dementia later in our lives, from childhood education to healthy sleep, to…
A nationwide September study revealed that many Americans lack the understanding of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, even though Alzheimer’s is one of the leading causes…
Today, the public gets a preview of FDA staff recommendations and drugmaker presentations in advance of this Friday’s advisory committee meeting to discuss Biogen’s…
Being Patient helps to create clarity around Alzheimer’s, dementia and related complex brain health issues by connecting our community of readers directly with trusted…
Inspired by their mentor Evelyn Nomayo whose mother had dementia and passed away this year, three Nigerian-Irish teen girls in Drogheda, Ireland created an…
Being Patient helps to create clarity around Alzheimer’s, dementia and related complex brain health issues by connecting our community of readers directly with trusted…
A recent study found that constant uncontrollable worry — what cognitive scientists call repetitive negative thinking — may be a factor in the aggregation…
Dementia disproportionately affects communities of color. The new UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Center for Brain Health Equity joins the fight to address the disparity. According to the…
Being Patient helps create clarity around Alzheimer’s, dementia and related complex brain health issues by connecting our community of readers directly with trusted experts….
Benjamin Stecher was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 29. He has since become actively involved in Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy….
A recent survey by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s found that two thirds of respondents from the Alzheimer’s community intend to get a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes…
A noninvasive dementia sleep test may help with predicting and diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases in older adults. Sleep has been an increasing focus of study…
In a study of bilingual people and dementia risk, researchers found that speaking more than one language can cut a population’s prevalence of dementia…
Protein plaques and tangles have long been thought to be the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Now, scientists are looking beyond those biomarkers at a…
Nick Harvey, a composer of music for television in East Sussex, England, recently posted to Twitter a video of his 79-year-old father, Paul Harvey,…