As caregiving expert Teepa Snow is well-aware, better understanding dementia and supporting loved ones living with the disease is crucial. However, caregiving also comes…
FAQ: “What are the treatments for aggression in Alzheimer’s disease?” Managing aggression in Alzheimer’s, safely Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects…
Updated February 2023: If you’ve ever kneaded your frustrations into a stress ball, incessantly clicked the back of a pen over and over again,…
The impact that certain diets, foods, ingredients or nutrients have on cognitive decline or Alzheimer’s risk is notoriously difficult to study. But, while there…
Numerous studies, Healthline, AARP… Look around and you’ll find a flood of articles probing the possibility that the popular Keto Diet has brain health…
When author and academic Rebecca Chopp went to her yearly physical in 2019, she wasn’t expecting to learn that she has Alzheimer’s. In fact,…
According to drugmaker Eli Lilly, the FDA has rejected the company’s application for the FDA’s “Accelerated Approval” designation for experimental Alzheimer’s drug donanemab. The…
I first saw the briefcase-sized computer monitor at the Alzheimer’s Association’s conference last summer in San Diego. Tom O’Neill, the president of a company…
Memory loss, confusion, cognitive impairment, and brain inflammation. Those aren’t just the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. A year after a…
Lecanemab, Eisai and Biogen’s experimental anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug, which recently wrapped its Phase 3 clinical trials, continues to make the news. Some of these…
Could insulin treat Alzheimer’s the same way it treats diabetes? Evidence shows Alzheimer’s might be more similar to a metabolic disorder, like diabetes, than…
More than 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, this number is projected to rise to more than double. One in 3…
Chris Hemsworth, the 39-year-old actor best known for his portrayal of Thor the God of Thunder (and his luscious, golden hair), has discovered he…
They’ve been studying the same group of people for 76 years. This is what they’ve learned about Alzheimer’s disease… so far. Psychology in epidemiology…
A class of medications called cholinesterase inhibitors help to turn back the clock on Alzheimer’s disease’s cognitive symptoms. More than a third people over…