When Jamie Tyrone opened the e-mail from a direct-to-consumer DNA company, she thought she was satisfying a casual curiosity. Instead, she learned she carries…
Jimmy Carter, who chose to forgo aggressive medical care for complications of cancer and frailty in February 2023, recently reached his one-year anniversary since…
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University of the West of Scotland dementia researcher Molly Murray explains why early-onset dementia often goes undiagnosed. Around 57 million people worldwide have dementia….
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Stress is an unavoidable part of life, and with it comes cortisol — a hormone often vilified as a driver of anxiety, sleep disruption,…
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Dementia care expert Teepa Snow is a certified occupational therapist with more than 40 years of clinical and academic experience. She regularly provides online…
Approximately one quarter of hospital beds in acute wards – wards for patients who need close care for a sudden or severe medical conditions…
For people living with TBI, articulating what is happening inside the brain can be challenging. Daniel Avesar went so far as to get a…
Decades after the 1918 flu pandemic, epidemiologists discovered that survivors were up to three times as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. This wasn’t a…
March 21, 2025 Christy is a Licensed Educational Psychologist, author, speaker, and coach. In her book Building a Legacy of Love: Thriving in the…
Whether it’s mild cognitive impairment or an advanced stage of Alzheimer’s, a diagnosis of cognitive decline is life-changing. It can also be motivating —…
March 14, 2025 Joanna Anderson and Sue Nicolaidis are daughters to moms with Alzheimer’s. They co-host the podcast “You Forgot That I Existed.” Sue…
One morning, Lori noticed her husband, Bob, couldn’t form a sentence — he was having a stroke. He was diagnosed with MCI due to…