Deborah is an award-winning journalist and media entrepreneur. She spent five years as executive producer of video for the Wall Street Journal where she oversaw the expansion of multi-media throughout Asia. Deborah interviewed many business and political leaders throughout her career, including Google’s Eric Schmidt when she broke the story of Google’s criticism of the U.S. National Security Agency. She has also covered exclusive stories, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra’s historic trip to North Korea, when she was selected as the only journalist from Asia to cover the story. Deborah is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. She founded Being Patient after her mom’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis to reinvent how people get accurate information on long-term illness, pioneering a community-driven editorial strategy. When not working, she can be found on a running trail or covering mom duties for her three children.
Adjusting to life with dementia is an incredibly hard transition, both for the one diagnosed and their loved ones. As the disease progresses, relationships…
Being Patient spoke with occupational therapist and dementia care educator Teepa Snow about ways to improve quality of life while living with Alzheimer’s, both…
With repeated drug failures to treat Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, scientists are racing to find a vaccine to prevent the disease from evolving….
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Recent studies suggest that an eye test could reveal how likely a person is to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later in life. Scientists at…
Discovering that you’ll be in charge of your loved one’s Alzheimer’s care may feel overwhelming at first. As their caregiver, you may feel stressed…
Being Patient speaks to Professor Peter van Wijngaarden, the deputy director of the Centre for Eye Research in Australia (CERA), who is developing a…
Aricept (donepezil) was the second drug approved for Alzheimer’s over two decades ago. While the drug does not halt the disease’s progression, it has…
Although certain genes could increase your Alzheimer’s risk, having a parent or grandparent with Alzheimer’s does not guarantee you will develop the disease. However,…
In a new study, researchers rejuvenated older brain cells so that they acted like younger cells — at least, in rats. The team of…
For the first time, researchers mapped the molecular structure of a beta-amyloid protein aggregate, or toxic proteins that accumulate in the brain and lead…
For the first time, researchers have discovered how beta-amyloid, the toxic protein that is often found in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains, affects the brain before…
Imagine if neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s could be treated by implanting a small device into the brain that would allow doctors to manipulate neurons…
As clinical trials targeting beta-amyloid plaques, toxic proteins that form in an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain, continue to fail, some researchers have started focusing their…
Judy Johanson says that after her husband, Steve, discovered he gave his boss a financial report at work, only to later realize he had…