5 Signs You Should Talk to a Doctor About Depression
Depression is the most common mental health disorder in the world, but its signs and symptoms can be elusive. Here’s when to talk to…
Depression is the most common mental health disorder in the world, but its signs and symptoms can be elusive. Here’s when to talk to…
Alzheimer’s disease is considered fatal because it often leads to death. But dying of Alzheimer’s is a bit more complicated than that. Alzheimer’s disease…
Does your life really flash before your eyes when you die? Through a chance occurrence, scientists recorded brain waves in a dying patient. The…
Alzheimer’s is one of the most common causes of death. What can caregivers do to make the last days for someone with late-stage Alzheimer’s…
Music touches our lives in profound ways. Songs that remind us of meaningful life moments, big or small, can evoke deeply-rooted emotions and memories….
I lived in Atlanta when my last two children were born. They were both boys, only 18 months apart, a rambunctious change of life…
As science continues to uncover the wonders of music for the mind and body, music therapy is increasingly recognized by the medical community as…
With the ongoing pandemic, Vanessa Steil has been on pins and needles, hoping her 93-year-old grandmother’s care facility wouldn’t shut down visitation. Two days…
Looking for brain fog remedies? Neurological experts offer six ways to speed up recovery from COVID-19’s neurological symptoms. Memory problems. Trouble focusing. Confusion. Mounting…
Since the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, researchers found that people living with Alzheimer’s were at a higher risk of severe COVID-19…
Nikki Schultek, founder of the global medical research consortium Intracell Research Group, takes a close look at how the COVID-19 pandemic may prompt a…
Caregiving expert Teepa Snow knows from experience: There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to guide caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or related dementias. In her…
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on all of us, but for people living with dementia and their families, the public health crisis…
Since the novel coronavirus began raging across the world last year, scientists have come to understand that patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible…
Image: Lynn Casteel Harper, by Travis Tanay Lynn Casteel Harper, author of On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear (Catapult, 2020) and minister of…