While other cognitive functions and memories fade away with dementia, musical memories are last to go. Music transports patients to a comfortable moment in…
Would you take a supplement — for example, brain health supplement Neuriva Plus — that claims to boosts your brain function? After all, Mayim…
Many people think of virtual and augmented reality as popular forms of entertainment — but these technologies are becoming more central to healthcare, now…
Brain supplements that claim to boost cognitive function are increasingly popular, growing from a $4 billion industry of about 4,000 unique products to a…
Inflammation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer’s disease. The amyloid hypothesis still dominates in the conversation about what…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. “I was driving home from work and…
The appeal of brain boosting pills is obvious: a simple solution that supports cognitive function, making you sharper, improving your memory. This sort of…
For caregivers, watching a loved one struggle with memory loss can be devastating. The aggression that sometimes accompanies memory loss can be even harder…
According to the World Health Organization, more than 55 million people have dementia worldwide. And that number is growing: Every year, nearly 10 million…
Siesta. Power nap. Forty winks. Call them what you will: Naps have been found to benefit mood, alertness, energy levels, cognitive performance, and, in…
Forgetting a word, struggling to find the right expression: For people living with dementia, the progressive loss of linguistic abilities can interfere with day-to-day…
Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD,…
Neuropsychiatric symptoms like agitation, anxiety, appetite changes, irritability, anger and aggression, depression, apathy, disinhibition, and excitement occur in 98 percent of people living with…
Early this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to a new anti-amyloid treatment developed by Eisai and Biogen, Leqembi. In…
Anna Karenina begins with the famous line: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The principle holds…