More than one in four adults over the age of 65 develops diabetes. This condition damages the pancreas, making it hard for the body…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Dr. Indira Turney was born in the…
Right now, a definitive Alzheimer’s diagnosis can only be obtained through the detection of beta-amyloid levels in the brain — clumps of a protein…
It was 7:20 a.m. and Joel Braunstein, co-founder and CEO of C2N Diagnostics, was about to start his second meeting of the day. C2N…
Alzheimer’s disease affects one in every three people over the age of 85, and the scale of the epidemic is only worsening. While there…
A new generation of Alzheimer’s treatments — groundbreaking, disease-modifying monoclonal antibody drugs — is on the rise, and two so far have hit the…
In January of 2023, the Food and Drug Administration approved the second anti-amyloid therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, Leqembi (generic name lecanemab). A new Alzheimer’s…
Scientists have been working to understand the root causes of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for decades now. But one of the reasons we don’t…
About 44 million people are living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. According to Dr. Dale Bredesen, the key to preventing Alzheimer’s is…
I’m writing from Amsterdam, where this past week, the Being Patient editorial team has been reporting on the biggest news from the Alzheimer’s Association…
Good news for brain health this summer: FDA-approved drugs like Leqembi available for Alzheimer’s are becoming more widely available. The caveat: These drugs only…
This article was made possible through sponsorship by Lexeo Therapeutics. Being Patient’s editorial team produced the interview and article with no review/approval process by the…
We arrived at the emergency vet at 1 a.m. Our 10-month-old kitten, Pippin, had started breathing oddly earlier in the day but we thought…
American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced in May 2023 that it had seen encouraging clinical trial results of its new Alzheimer’s medication. According to…
As the world population has grown older, Alzheimer’s disease has become increasingly common. Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. Dementia is…