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…
“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.”
Know someone coping with a dementia diagnosis? Here’s how — and why — to be the friend they need. Brock University Associate Professor of…
Michele Hall, an attorney working in her county sheriff’s office, first noticed that something was off about her cognitive health when she found she…
“Is there a silver lining to having Parkinson’s disease?” A researcher in the Netherlands uncovers a surprising answer. When a patient asked neurologist Bastiaan Bloem…
Could an immersive VR experience help improve memory and other symptoms for people living with dementia? This researcher in Warsaw thinks so. Pakistani-born, Poland-based…
It may be common knowledge that high-sugar, high-fat junk food (think: fried foods, milkshakes, pastries, cakes and cookies) aren’t good for your waistline, but…
After Lewis Hornby’s grandmother was rushed to the hospital with dehydration, he invented something to help her stay healthy: Jelly Drops, colorful candies that…
Earlier this year, when the House of Memories mobile museum visited a Liverpool nursing home, an older woman with dementia who had become withdrawn…
Neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience experts Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian and Christelle Langley at University of Cambridge and Chun Shen and Jianfeng Feng at Fudan University…
When research dropped at this year’s AAIC about the relationship between junk food consumption and brain health, late-night show host Stephen Colbert had a…
Alzheimer’s advocate GeVonna Fassett spent more than a decade caring for her late mother. Today, her organization, Olivia’s Prayer, supports dementia caregivers and raises…
Author and doctor Julissa Cruz Gómez doesn’t think adults should underestimate kids. So to help young readers understand dementia, she brings them straight to…
University of Sydney research fellow Camilla Hoyos discusses new findings that indicate treatment of sleep apnea can improve memory in people with cognitive decline….
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for estrogen — the use of pills, topical gels, and other applications to supplement estrogen production — is used to treat…