Image: Phil Gutis receives an aducanumab infusion while carrying out his “silly shoe challenge.” Phil Gutis reflects on the significance of participating in the…
In case you missed them, our editors and contributors round up their most recommended reads from the month of May in Being Patient Reads…
Expressive arts like music, painting, and even dance have the potential to evoke powerful emotion and long-buried memories in people living with Alzheimer’s. For…
Biogen’s aducanumab — a human antibody-based drug that targets beta-amyloid plaques, which are found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s — has gone…
People in their 50s and 60s are often working a job, perhaps in the prime of their career, and/or caring for their family. Some…
With the right signals, non-differentiated human cells called stem cells have the potential to divide and multiply into all different types of cells. Due…
Dementia is a complex illness — one that is often misunderstood. The person’s age at the time of diagnosis, the severity of the symptoms…
Like many loved ones with a family member living with Alzheimer’s, TV host Leeza Gibbons and her family struggled to come to grips with…
At the age of 46, John Wood was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but it wasn’t until about a year later that his diagnosis was revised…
In search of an animal model more comparable to the human brain, Alzheimer’s researchers are turning from mice to monkeys. Animal testing remains controversial,…
By 2025, 7.2 million older adults in the United States are projected to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and that number will nearly double by…
Scientific breakthroughs about the biological differences in the brains of men and women are increasingly coming to the forefront. But research on just exactly…
A few months ago, we discovered some disturbingly large and firm lumps on our dog Sadie. We quickly made an appointment with the vet…
New findings show that not only does dementia disproportionately affect communities of color: racial discrimination impacts the care experience. Two advocates share how they…
PHOTO: Courtesy Jack Hanna family via Twitter Jack “Jungle Jack” Hanna, celebrity zookeeper, wildlife conservationist and television personality, is navigating dementia. His condition has…