Dr. Indira Turney: How Racial Biases Hurt Public Health
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Caribbean neuroscientist Indira Turney’s research is centered…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Caribbean neuroscientist Indira Turney’s research is centered…
Experts estimate that, by 2023, nearly 40 percent of the more than eight million Americans living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias will be Latino…
By 2030, experts estimate that more than 8 million Americans will be living with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Black Americans will make…
Biogen renounced ownership of their controversial anti-Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm after years of dismal sales. The company is also halting an ongoing clinical trial set…
About 14 of every 100 of Black Americans older than 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, compared 10 in 100 white Americans of the same age…
Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke,…
On July 6, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (generic name lecanemab), a monoclonal antibody drug for…
It’s Saturday morning. You are barely awake, with a cup of coffee in your hand, and your gaze wanders to the window. It’s raining….
At age 71, my mother was living in stage 7f of early-onset dementia not-otherwise-specified for a year. Shortly before she died on August 23,…
It’s not a coincidence that a person’s mood may drop along with the temperature in winter and early spring. The days are shorter and the…
As the proportion of older people in the population around the world increases, the prevalence of dementia will increase in turn. By 2030, it…
Sarah Akin hopes this holiday that caregivers give themselves a little grace — and that visiting family do the same. Akin, who is 35…
According to data compiled by the World Health Organization, the number of people living with dementia is expected to increase to 139 million in…
Roughly a quarter of all Americans over the age of 40 in the U.S. take statin drugs — which lower levels of cholesterol —…
Alzheimer’s disease is a complex journey, both for those experiencing it and their caregivers. Early in the condition, a person will experience mild memory…