Poor sleep — which often goes hand in hand with dementia — can lead to a number of other cognitive health problems for people…
Being Patient editors round up a selection of our top reader submissions and Patient Perspectives of 2020. Stories from the Being Patient Community Eugenia…
Being Patient editors round up a selection of favorite and most read articles for a look at some of our top stories of 2020….
The pandemic has taken an enormous toll on caregivers who are staying home, figuring out ways to observe the holiday safely and looking after…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Dr. Claudia Kawas, co-lead investigator of the 90+ Study, about the complex pathothologies of…
Amid the growing burden of Alzheimer’s in the U.S., researchers aim to better understand the relationship between the disease and the places people live….
Sharon Elin of Mechanicsville, Virginia had noticed that, as her brother Chad’s memory declined, he was becoming increasingly restless, spending hours fiddling about, carrying…
Beloved quiz show host Alex Trebek passed away Nov. 8, at age 80, following a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He had announced…
This article was written during the first holiday season of the novel coronavirus pandemic, in 2020. Being Patient speaks with experts about safe ways…
Alzheimer’s disease is more prevalent among Black Americans than among white Americans. By some estimates, it is 14% more common among Black Americans; by others, their…
There are many early signs of dementia from trouble paying bills to forgetting details of a conversation and repeating the same questions. Now, researchers…
“These days, lots of people feel out of control, and for good reason … When we feel out of control, the anxiety levels go…
The pandemic left many college students with more time on their hands and fewer job opportunities. As another impact of the pandemic has been…
Many non-genetic factors affect our cognitive health and our risk of developing dementia later in our lives, from childhood education to healthy sleep, to…
While some scientists are focused on targeting beta-amyloid plaques to treat Alzheimer’s, others are honing in on another hallmark of the disease — pathological…