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Alex Trebek has had a chance to play a memory game every day of work since 1984. Over 30 seasons of hosting “Jeopardy,” he…
Caregiving consultant Linda Jenkins shares wisdom about how to celebrate the holidays with family members who are living with dementia. Holidays are typically a…
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As the number of people with dementia grows, scientists are rushing to figure out a faster diagnosis process. And researchers from University College London think…
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The phone call came as a shock. Your aunt can’t transfer into memory care; we have to discharge her from this facility, a nurse…
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is tricky: Is it a bad day and the normal forgetfulness that accompanies old age, or is it the beginning signs…
Could marijuana treat Alzheimer’s? That’s what scientists at the University Medical Center Goettingen in Goettingen, Germany were investigating when they found that THC, the…
Here’s news that coffee drinkers everywhere can raise their morning mug to: A new study is investigating why coffee may prevent against diseases like…
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