Lynda Weston
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Alexandra Marvar
| December 6th, 2017
December 6th, 2017 Lynda Weston lost her mother to Alzheimer’s 20 years ago. She later became the chaplain at a care facility, created a…
Drugs Meant to Calm Alzheimer’s Patients May Lead to Early Death
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Being Patient
| November 28th, 2017
Benzodiazepines are a type of drug often used to treat agitation, anxiety and insomnia in Alzheimer’s patients. You know them as Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan…
Feeling Forgetful? This Test Could Indicate Whether It’s Alzheimer’s
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Being Patient
| October 19th, 2017
We’ve all had that sneaking feeling we’re forgetting something as we rush out the door to work or as we board a plane to…
Healthcare Fails 99 Percent of Dementia Patients in Last Months of Life, Study Finds
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Being Patient
| September 19th, 2017
Typically, a cancer patient receives care from an oncologist or specialist in their particular type of cancer. Someone with heart disease sees a cardiologist….
How to Care for Alzheimer’s Patients During Natural Disasters
By
Being Patient
| September 8th, 2017
A Florida man with dementia went missing yesterday after evacuating to South Carolina out of Hurricane Irma’s path. John Pasquale, the 77-year-old evacuee, requires several…
Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s Changed Her Life
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Andrea Gerlin
| September 6th, 2017
Julie Gregory was at risk for Alzheimer’s. Here’s how genetic testing for Alzheimer’s changed her life. As she turned 50 years old, Julie Gregory…
Neuropsychiatrist Chiadikaobi Onyik: Diagnosing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s
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Being Patient
| July 31st, 2017
The number of people with early onset Alzheimer’s is predicted to rise by 20 percent over the next four decades, with more than 50,000…
You Asked, We Got the Answers
By
Being Patient
| July 20th, 2017
This week Being Patient was at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London, where over 5000 leaders in dementia research gathered to discuss the latest thinking…
The Shrinking Brain: How Much Can We Tell From a Scan?
By
Deborah Kan
| July 12th, 2017
Nick Fox of the University College London speaks about the advances of brain imaging technology designed to identify Alzheimer’s. An official diagnosis of Alzheimer’s…
Could Photomodulation (Light Therapy) Be a Home Treatment for Dementia?
By
Being Patient
| July 6th, 2017
New research suggests that light therapy holds the potential to treat symptoms of dementia. In a new study, researchers have applied a type of…