Almost 50 million Americans each year use some form of cannabis. In the 1920s, the drug was vilified because of recreational use by Mexican…
Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing…
Of the 30 million living with Alzheimer’s worldwide, two thirds are women. While it was previously thought that it was because women lived longer,…
After coming down with the flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than one million people developed a virus-induced form of Parkinson’s disease, with…
As many as one in three people with Alzheimer’s disease experience hallucinations: They see, hear, smell or otherwise sense things that aren’t actually there….
While other cognitive functions and memories fade away with dementia, musical memories are last to go. Music transports patients to a comfortable moment in…
Neuropsychiatric symptoms like agitation, anxiety, appetite changes, irritability, anger and aggression, depression, apathy, disinhibition, and excitement occur in 98 percent of people living with…
Early this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to a new anti-amyloid treatment developed by Eisai and Biogen, Leqembi. In…
Growing up, I wanted to be an architect. It wasn’t until I realized how much math was involved that those initial dreams died a…
Humans are social beings — and clinical research shows they need a healthy social life to function. Social isolation and loneliness have been found…
During menopause, the levels of the sex hormone estrogen drop leading to a group of symptoms — confusion, forgetfulness, difficulty focusing on a task…
Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors’ brains and cognitive functioning, especially how they…
A human being has as many as 25,000 different genes in their DNA. It’s wild to think that just one tiny little mutation can…
As caregiving expert Teepa Snow is well-aware, better understanding dementia and supporting loved ones living with the disease is crucial. However, caregiving also comes…
Especially as the recent launch of ChatGPT — an alarmingly smart, artificial intelligence-powered text generator that can write a school term paper about as…