Kaitlin Casaletto on The Impact of a Healthy Lifestyle on Dementia Progression
[embed]https://youtu.be/2tjryOZ2wHk[/embed] Being Patient spoke with Kaitlin Casaletto, a neuropsychologist and assistant professor at UCSF Memory and Aging Center, about the results of her study on the impact of regular physical and mental activity on brain health, particularly among those with… More
What Biogen’s Relaunch of Alzheimer’s Drug Aducanumab Means For The Search For A Cure
[embed]https://youtu.be/rCyixRefTU8[/embed] Last week, Biogen announced that its Alzheimer's drug aducanumab was effective in combating Alzheimer's disease after all, and that it would be reviving a trial cancelled earlier this year. However, questions still remain about what's next for patients and… More
Living With Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body Dementia
https://youtu.be/FNBRMB7XdYY Lonni Schicker had spent most of her life being active, and working as a nurse and a teacher -- but that all changed when she was diagnosed with both Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia (LBD) with Parkinsonism. As part… More
Caregiving From the Eyes of a Physician
https://youtu.be/ZAm68ANsZiM Dr. Arthur Kleinman, a Harvard professor and psychiatrist, spent most of his life working as a physician. But his view on the profession changed when his wife was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at age 59, and he found himself… More
Living Life Fully With Alzheimer’s: Geri and Jim Taylor Explain Their Philosophy
https://youtu.be/cYYh2zRXkhY When Geri Taylor was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she and her husband, Jim Taylor, decided to develop a philosophy to live life “fully and passionately.” As part of the Being Patient: Perspectives talks, Geri and Jim share how they’ve… More
Life After a Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Diagnosis: Steven Barbieri
https://youtu.be/iaSIYKj5no8 Steven Barbieri was active in martial arts for most of his life. But when he started experiencing lapses in memory in his early 50s, he knew something was off. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a type of dementia… More
New Eye Test Could Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s
https://youtu.be/jAlXo5lp4Y8 Being Patient speaks to Professor Peter van Wijngaarden, the deputy director of the Centre for Eye Research in Australia (CERA), who is developing a "revolutionary" Alzheimer's eye test that is entering a trial phase. The test has been funded… More
How to Navigate an Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Alzheimer's researcher Judy Johanson shares first-hand wisdom for families facing an early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis. People don’t expect that they’ll have to deal with Alzheimer’s in their 50s, but that is the reality for many families with loved ones who received… More
Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Shows 100% Accuracy in Preclinical Studies
Recently, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation gave researchers a $3.5 million award for promising early detection Alzheimer’s tests. We speak to Olivier Danos, who is working with researchers on developing a non-invasive test that could detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI)… More
Journalist Discusses Living with Alzheimer’s
https://youtu.be/tJCfMQs4Q5w Journalist and "On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's" author Greg O'Brien discusses his early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis and advice he'd offer others who have received a similar diagnosis. More
A Rare Dementia Diagnosis at 29 Years Old
https://youtu.be/-mT-rMUra9s Katie Brandt, MM, the Director of Caregiver Support Services and Public Relations for the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, discusses how her late husband was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) at the age of 29. Two weeks later,… More
Toxic Algae Causing Dolphins to Develop Alzheimer’s
Scientists have found something troubling off the coasts of Florida and Massachusetts: The brains of beached dolphins are showing signs of beta-amyloid, the protein that accumulates in toxic levels in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and is thought to trigger… More
A Doctor’s and Patient’s Perspective on Living With the “Alzheimer’s Gene”
Jamie Tyrone and Dr. Marwan Sabbagh share their insights on the implications of carrying the ApoE4 genetic variant. The interview: https://www.facebook.com/beingpatientalzheimers/videos/2455658214496694/ Description: Jamie Tyrone discovered from a genetic test that she has a 91 percent chance of developing Alzheimer’s. In… More