‘Tis the season when the conversation shifts to what you’re thankful for. Gathered with family and friends around a holiday feast, for instance, people…
Caregivers: If you’re constantly worrying or feeling anxious, overwhelmed or moody, if you have difficulty concentrating, if you’re depressed or agitated, if your self…
You receive a text message from an unknown number: “I wrote this memo just for you and I really need you to take a…
Positive Approach to Care founder and dementia care expert Teepa Snow returns to our Live Talks series for another session of “Ask Teepa Anything,”…
“No president has entered the White House with as clear a focus on Alzheimer’s disease as Joe Biden,” Maria Shriver and George Vradenburg wrote…
Vaccinations have provided significant protection for the public against infectious diseases. However, there was a modest decrease in support in 2023 nationwide for vaccine…
In Philadelphia last week, researchers from leading universities, working professionals at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Alzheimer’s advocates, and medical professionals gathered at the annual…
As people age, cognitive function tends to decline. In some people, this process happens faster than others. Mounting research points to the idea that…
Cassava Sciences’ experimental Alzheimer’s drug simufilam is currently in clinical trials. Meanwhile, the company is experiencing a major shake-up. Its CEO and lead neuroscientist…
A new drug for Alzheimer’s was just this month approved by the FDA for use in the United States, in people in the earliest…
In the 1840s, near Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a little piece of DNA went haywire. This genetic malfunction gave rise to a rare disorder…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is often talked about…
Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people worldwide, and as the world’s population ages, that number is going up. But, the exact cause of Alzheimer’s…
As of a landmark policy change in October 2023, Medicare now covers PET scans to look for Alzheimer’s biomarker beta-amyloid in the brain for…
Today in the United Kingdom, people who are concerned they may be showing the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia…