Scriptwriter, cupcake entrepreneur and Shark Tank winner Tracey Wheeler Noonan reflects on the decline of her parents’ health due to Alzheimer’s. In caregiving, we…
Patti LaFleur sees her relationship with her mother Linda LaTurner as a partnership. LaFleur cares for her mother full-time, and she describes LaTurner as…
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Through an examination of school segregation in the Jim Crow South, researchers are probing the link between education and brain health. From the late…
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As science continues to uncover the wonders of music for the mind and body, music therapy is increasingly recognized by the medical community as…
Keith Moreland shares insights on adapting to a new life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his late 50s. Keith Moreland was only 57…
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The lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer’s have spurred scientists to rethink the dominant approach to tackling the disease: the amyloid hypothesis. This hypothesis…
Moving into a care home is often a major transition in people’s lives, but new research shows that men tend to have a harder…
The opioid crisis has long plagued the U.S. An estimated 136 Americans will die each day from overdosing on opioids, an alarming figure that…
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With the ongoing pandemic, Vanessa Steil has been on pins and needles, hoping her 93-year-old grandmother’s care facility wouldn’t shut down visitation. Two days…