As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient sat down in 2021 with Executive Director of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Dr. Erin Foff and Chris Schwilk,…
Studies have repeatedly shown that contact sports like hockey and football lead to repeated brain injuries that can cause CTE. However, research has also…
Dealing with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis can be challenging, both for the person diagnosed and for their loved ones. Eugenia Zukerman, an accomplished flutist and…
For many contemplating end-of-life planning and the later stages of dementia and other cognitive disorders, euthanasia and assisted suicide remain contentious issues. While the…
Being Patient spoke with Jim Butler about his Alzheimer’s diagnosis and his efforts to “disarm” his diagnosis by rewiring his internal dialogue.
For some, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis can feel like the end of life; for others, it’s a chance to begin a new one. Following his…
Arthena Caston on fighting for an accurate diagnosis, and living joyfully despite it. Rates of Alzheimer’s disease are around 14 percent higher among Black…
Lonni Schicker had spent most of her life being active, and working as a nurse and a teacher — but that all changed when…
When Geri Taylor was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she and her husband, Jim Taylor, decided to develop a philosophy to live life “fully and…
Steven Barbieri was active in martial arts for most of his life. But when he started experiencing lapses in memory in his early 50s,…
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…
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…
Katie Brandt, MM, the Director of Caregiver Support Services and Public Relations for the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, discusses how her late…
Former Intel executive, Pam Montana, was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s at 61 years old. Today, she is an Alzheimer’s advocate, who has traveled the…
Phil Gutis, a former New York Times reporter and Alzheimer’s advocate learned he has early-onset Alzheimer’s at age 54 after enrolling in the Biogen…