Growing up, I wanted to be an architect. It wasn’t until I realized how much math was involved that those initial dreams died a…
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A matter of days before my mom died, my therapist told me there was no more fight to be had, nothing more to be…
Hearing loss is one of the most influential modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The good news is…
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With research for the recently FDA-approved Leqembi still in clinical trials and other Alzheimer’s research ongoing, many are considering whether to be a part…
Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors’ brains and cognitive functioning, especially how they…
A human being has as many as 25,000 different genes in their DNA. It’s wild to think that just one tiny little mutation can…
Studying the link between diets and brain health, or diet and dementia risk, is notoriously tricky. So far, there’s no definitive evidence that these…