We’ve heard from many patients and caregivers about how difficult it is to get a diagnosis for Alzheimer’s disease but we haven’t heard the…
Here’s a quick look at a 2017 analysis of the Alzheimer’s drug pipeline. Twenty-seven Alzheimer’s drugs in Phase III clinical trials and eight drugs…
This week Being Patient was at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London, where over 5000 leaders in dementia research gathered to discuss the latest thinking…
New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference has found that stressful experiences, like being poor, serious illness, or losing a job age the…
A lot of research has been devoted to exploring whether people who’ve suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s…
We’ve all been told that five a day keeps the doctor away but now it looks like certain fruits and vegetables could help delay…
A lot of research is looking into what happens inside an Alzheimer’s brain to cause the destruction of neurons and blood vessels. Researchers have…
Scientists find that people with beta-amyloid plaques have worse cognitive functions than those without. Research has proven that the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s — beta…
Nick Fox of the University College London speaks about the advances of brain imaging technology designed to identify Alzheimer’s. An official diagnosis of Alzheimer’s…
We’ve been told that poor sleep interrupts the brain’s natural process of eliminating waste and calibrating memory, but a new study by researchers at…
It’s not abnormal to hear the phrase ‘traumatic brain injury’ and Alzheimer’s disease in the same sentence. That’s because a lot of research is…
Dr. Tara Spires-Jones, Director of the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems at the University of Edinburgh, is trying to understand how synapses are…
A new mice study suggests that the Chinese herb Yang-Xue-Qing Nao has the potential to target and reduce Alzheimer’s pathology. Yang-Xue-Qing Nao (YXQN) is…
New research suggests that light therapy holds the potential to treat symptoms of dementia. In a new study, researchers have applied a type of…
Dr. Murali Doraiswamy discusses the importance of exploring sex differences in Alzheimer’s. For decades scientists have ignored crucial gender differences in the way men…