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…
Concussions are a serious problem. With symptoms ranging from a day-or-two-long headache up to prohibitive dizziness and cognitive issues that could last for weeks,…
The initial results from Eli Lilly and Co’s Phase 2 clinical trial for experimental Alzheimer’s drug donanemab provide much needed hope for the Alzheimer’s…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient sat down in 2021 with Executive Director of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Dr. Erin Foff and Chris Schwilk,…
Despite more than a century of research since Alzheimer’s disease was first described in 1906, diagnosing Alzheimer’s remains extremely challenging for physicians. Researchers are…
The pandemic has taken an enormous toll on caregivers who are staying home, figuring out ways to observe the holiday safely and looking after…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Dr. Claudia Kawas, co-lead investigator of the 90+ Study, about the complex pathothologies of…
Amid the growing burden of Alzheimer’s in the U.S., researchers aim to better understand the relationship between the disease and the places people live….
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Jack Price, professor of developmental neurobiology at King’s College London, about how stem cell…
As many as half of people living with Alzheimer’s may lose the ability to feed themselves as the disease progresses. Declining motor, sensory and cognitive…
This article was written during the first holiday season of the novel coronavirus pandemic, in 2020. Being Patient speaks with experts about safe ways…
Alzheimer’s disease is more prevalent among Black Americans than among white Americans. By some estimates, it is 14% more common among Black Americans; by others, their…
Healthy people swallow about 600 to 1,000 times a day, with hardly any thought of the precise brain and muscular coordination that it takes…