Nightmare After Nightmare: Study Links Bad Dreams and Dementia
University of Birmingham neurology fellow and dreams researcher Abidemi Otaiku discusses his new study on nightmares as a possible predictor of cognitive decline or…
University of Birmingham neurology fellow and dreams researcher Abidemi Otaiku discusses his new study on nightmares as a possible predictor of cognitive decline or…
Like an aged book, DNA in the brain acquires wear and tear during your lifespan. Earlier this year, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
During the height of the AIDS crisis 35 years ago, a few hundred people gathered one night in the NYC Lesbian and Gay Community…
Biomind Labs is testing whether the highs of a synthetic psychedelic can help people with Alzheimer’s treat symptoms of depression. Psychedelics have been a…
Scientists examine the curious case of a woman with genes for early-onset Alzheimer’s who never developed the disease. In an autopsied brain, they found…
Even though Alzheimer’s may start 20 years before symptoms first appear, there are no non-invasive diagnostics to detect it. An initiative called the Diagnostics…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Like most dementia caregivers, Ty…
For thousands of years, people have told myths about fountains, concoctions, and elixirs with incredible rejuvenating powers. The myth has persisted into modernity, the…
While too much sedentary time sitting around can be bad for brain health, but a new study adds that what you do while you…
It is the year 2022, and a robot from the not-so-distant future has traveled back in time. Unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, the robot does…
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One of the largest genetic studies to date revealed extensive genetic links between Alzheimer’s and gut disorders. Cholesterol was a major factor in both….
Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are developing a new imaging tool that could help doctors better study early changes to the brain…
Falling is linked to impairments across memory, concentration and cognition in adults over the age of 65. After sudden falls or loss of balance,…
“When my wife becomes agitated, I’ll put Diva in her lap and ask her to get a tangle out of Diva’s fur,” John says. “The minute I place Diva in her lap, Judy calms down and she can sit for long periods of time, peacefully picking at the tangle.”