Aging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, growing old should be a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of…
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The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention and intervention, a global project that gets scientists to review the evidence for risk factors of dementia every few…
This article is part of the Journey to Diagnosis series, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eli Lilly. For 25 years, Mark…
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UPDATE: The survey is now closed After I launched Being Patient, I learned there is a large population of people out there hungry for…
Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of this device to monitor brain electricity, it has had…
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More than 7 million Americans are living with dementia, and these numbers are set to double by 2060. Experts say that getting an early…
In February, Biogen announced it was pulling Aduhelm off the market. The company will continue supplying the drug until November but stopped providing it…
There’s no set amount of sleep you need. Everyone’s a bit different. But to have a healthy brain, one thing’s certain: You need good,…
More than one in ten people who catch COVID don’t fully recover — developing a chronic condition called long COVID which causes a variety…
When Being Patient founder Deborah Kan’s mother began hoarding blueberry baskets and other miscellaneous items, Kan was taken aback by this new behavior. Kan’s…