As the world population has grown older, Alzheimer’s disease has become increasingly common. Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. Dementia is…
Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy, which is why, while there is no single, magic number of hours per sleep…
At first glance, celebrity animal expert Jack Hanna appears to be living a nice, quiet life at his home in Montana. In the mornings,…
Here’s a video is what it looks like to truly live with dementia: My 94-year-old mom in a later stage of Alzheimer’s disease, rocking…
Here at Being Patient, we believe that listening more closely to people living with dementias like Alzheimer’s and their caregivers about their personal, first-hand…
Do you ever wake up some days and think, “When I was younger, I could survive on just four hours of sleep, but now…
Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a progressive neurological condition that affects people’s cognitive abilities, such as memory, language and reasoning. Alzheimer’s is…
Drexel University emeritus professor of medicine Arnold R. Eiser discusses the impact of environmental pollution on our brains. In the summer of 2021, a…
Wildfires burning in the western U.S. are sending smoke into communities far from the fires themselves, creating hazardous air for days or weeks at…
Dementia progresses in stages. Alzheimer’s disease, for example, is considered to have seven distinct stages, delineated by the areas of the brain the disease…
The next time you’re deciding between a halibut or a steak filet, there’s now one more reason to opt for fish over red meat. A…
We all know that a diet lacking in nutrition leads to poor health — but scientists have now studied the impact on mice who…
It’s Friday night, your team is playing, and scores are nail-bitingly close. A player intercepts the ball, and bam! A player tackles his opponent…
It can be difficult to tell the difference between early signs of dementia and “normal” aging. And once it’s clear something is off, it…
Dementia affects around 50 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year, according to the WHO (a figure that is expected…