The years Rochelle Long has spent caring for her mother and aunt with Alzheimer’s have transformed her into an advocate for Paid Family Leave. …
Roughly two thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women, but it isn’t exactly clear why the disease disproportionately impacts females. Given that age is…
We all have a vision for our future, aspirations we hope to achieve, whether it be in our careers, relationships or passions. A diagnosis…
Dementia care expert Teepa Snow shares guidance for making the holiday season more dementia-inclusive. For many families, the holidays mean mistletoe and holly, gift-giving,…
Analysts had high hopes for anti-amyloid drug Aduhelm — the first Alzheimer’s treatment approved by the FDA in nearly two decades and the first…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Image: Luisa Echevarria at the MALDEF Chicago…
Since the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, researchers found that people living with Alzheimer’s were at a higher risk of severe COVID-19…
New clinical trials on memory loss interventions are currently enrolling healthy participants with key Alzhemier’s biomarkers as young as 55 years old. Tau and…
Despite the absence of disease-modifying treatments, the dementia rate in developed Western countries has actually declined in recent years. In fact, one study showed…
Apathy is an extremely common symptom of Alzheimer’s. It impairs patients’ ability to socialize and maintain routines, activities that are central to preserving their…
You may have read about it in the New York Post: “Scientists pinpoint personality traits that increase risk of Alzheimer’s.” A recent study published in…
Georg Meisl, a research associate at Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge shares insight into new research that sheds light on just…
Following the approval of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm — and the litany of controversy surrounding it — one question that’s top of mind for…
In the 1980s, when Cindy Weinstein was a graduate student of English, developing her expertise in language and literature, her father Jerry, now deceased,…
Anthony Copeland-Parker and his partner Catherine Elizabeth Popp have long had a passion for traveling and endurance running. And they weren’t about to let…