Dr. John Walker speaks about the intersection between artificial intelligence, precision medicine and Alzheimer’s treatment. The interview: Summary: Being Patient talks to Dr. John…
The phone call came as a shock. Your aunt can’t transfer into memory care; we have to discharge her from this facility, a nurse…
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is tricky: Is it a bad day and the normal forgetfulness that accompanies old age, or is it the beginning signs…
Being Patient talks to Dr. Heather Boyd from the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen. She’s the leading author of a new study that found…
Could marijuana treat Alzheimer’s? That’s what scientists at the University Medical Center Goettingen in Goettingen, Germany were investigating when they found that THC, the…
Here’s news that coffee drinkers everywhere can raise their morning mug to: A new study is investigating why coffee may prevent against diseases like…
Does a drug that could treat Alzheimer’s already exist? A new study suggests that people with Alzheimer’s given a diabetes drug had fewer signs…
When it comes to disease and the internet, anyone who’s ever googled a symptom as harmless as a cough knows that it can be…
We’ve all felt the effects of stress—but here’s news that might encourage you to do something about it. According to a new study published…
It sounds like a science fiction movie: an eye scan that can provide information about your brain, and, quite possibly, your future. But according…
We know added sugar in processed foods like soft drinks and breakfast cereals could elevate your body’s glucose levels, causing health issues like obesity…
A new study has calculated the toll loneliness takes on the brain: People who experience feelings of loneliness are at a 40 percent chance…
Cannabis has never been easier to come by: Canada just legalized recreational marijuana, joining nine states in the U.S. Another 21 states have legalized…
I know firsthand the difficult balance of caring for yourself and an ailing parent. My father was 57 years old when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. I was a few month’s shy of thirty.
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was 75 when she left her job on the highest court…