From coping with cognitive and physical impairments, to behavioral and psychological symptoms, people struggle to adjust to the progressive and unpredictable nature of dementia….
IBM researchers trained artificial intelligence to help predict Alzheimer’s by looking at word usage and subtle language differences in writing tests, predicting who would…
Most people in the late stages of dementia eventually lose the ability to feed themselves. Tube feeding — a tube inserted into the stomach…
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab encounters another bump in the road as the FDA delays its approval decision. The Federal Drug Administration has given itself…
Those contending with a neurodegenerative disease — including caregivers — understand the feeling of being emotionally, physically and financially spent. The aptly named documentary,…
People living with dementia face complex legal concerns, and the actions that they take, or don’t take, can have ripple effects on their own…
Neuroscientist Kristen Willeumier, PhD, author of Biohack Your Brain, and neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi, author of Boost Your Brain, help us understand why we…
There are a lot of unanswered questions about Alzheimer’s, but one thing the Alzheimer’s community knows well is that getting older is the disease’s…
Even though the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab has faced many twists and turns along its path to FDA approval, experts say that approval of Biogen’s…
Certain genes like ApoE that play an important role in the disease. ApoE’s genetic variant, known as ApoE4, is the strongest genetic risk factor…
Mary Lou Grace Robison only picked up art at the beginning of high school, but looking at her pieces, you’d think she was decades…
Receiving a dementia diagnosis is often overwhelming. For Jim Butler, the reality filled him with doubt and fear, especially during moments when he experienced…
Roughly 2.4 million Americans experience symptoms of dementia-related psychosis, ranging from visual and auditory hallucinations, to paranoid delusions and mistrust of loved ones. While…
For families including those with loved ones who have dementia, navigating the system of conservatorship can be daunting. In November 2020, a Los Angeles…
Caregivers are often overburdened, balancing work and raising a family while caring for a loved one with dementia. Amid the daily stresses of juggling…