Editor’s note: Dr. Marwan Sabbagh will join Being Patient again on September 19, 2023 to revisit this topic and discuss dementia misdiagnosis, why it’s…
Tau protein tangles (or neurofibrillary tangles) are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, but what role do they play? First, you need to understand how…
Mild cognitive impairment: It sounds harmless enough, but hearing these words at the doctor’s office can send a patient into a tailspin in search…
Aggression, agitation, paranoia and hallucinations are common symptoms of the disease that are as distressing to patients as they are to the loved ones…
My stepfather, a retired army colonel, retained his military precision with time, language and behavior more than two decades after he retired. Even in…
Peter Snyder of Lifespan Hospital System discusses retinal imaging’s potential for helping diagnose Alzheimer’s early, even before symptoms appear. What if getting a reliable…
Any Alzheimer’s drug under development has a complicated journey from formulation to clinical trials to potentially getting in the hands of patients. We spoke…
Experimental drugs for Alzheimer’s disease have a 99.6 percent failure rate. Not such a great track record. But, according to an expert in the…
It used to be that people with dementia only went to the doctor at the urging of a family member who noticed changes in…
Clinicians personally impacted by Alzheimer’s share their insights on ways to best support caregivers. Reisa Sperling, MD, swore that she would find a cure…
December 6, 2017 Studies show that two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s are women. To put that into perspective: By age 65, one in six…
November 24, 2017 Living with dementia can be a lonely experience—not just for the patient, but for the caregiver, too. To help you through…
November 20, 2017 Research into healthy brains has helped scientists identify where things may be going wrong in patients with Alzheimer’s. Dr. Beth Stevens,…
November 8, 2017 Why do some people get Alzheimer’s and others don’t? Many researchers are trying to answer that question by studying how risk…
We asked our readers to send us their most pressing questions on Alzheimer’s disease. The thing on everyone’s mind? Diet and Alzheimer’s. We took…