When a patient goes into the doctor’s office with symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, or loss of focus, dementia is often near the…
The ancient practice of acupuncture is believed to have originated in China approximately 3,000 years ago. Acupuncture is an integrative practice where a licensed…
The Alzheimer’s research community has been working for decades to find an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, largely by targeting one of the hallmarks…
Alzheimer’s is incredibly prevalent, but notoriously difficult to diagnose. Some of the most important information can only be gleaned from expensive and invasive processes,…
Neuroscientist Kristen Willeumier, PhD, author of Biohack Your Brain, and neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi, author of Boost Your Brain, help us understand why we…
There are a lot of unanswered questions about Alzheimer’s, but one thing the Alzheimer’s community knows well is that getting older is the disease’s…
Even though the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab has faced many twists and turns along its path to FDA approval, experts say that approval of Biogen’s…
Certain genes like ApoE that play an important role in the disease. ApoE’s genetic variant, known as ApoE4, is the strongest genetic risk factor…
The initial results from Eli Lilly and Co’s Phase 2 clinical trial for experimental Alzheimer’s drug donanemab provide much needed hope for the Alzheimer’s…
Despite more than a century of research since Alzheimer’s disease was first described in 1906, diagnosing Alzheimer’s remains extremely challenging for physicians. Researchers are…
Every week in the Being Patient weekly newsletter, founder Deborah Kan shares a thought with readers. This holiday, she reflects on what she is grateful…
“Can I look into your future and can I accurately estimate how much beta-amyloid you’re going to accumulate over the next two years, the…
The idea that a common viral or bacterial infection could lead, decades later, to the onset of Alzheimer’s was proposed over 30 years ago….
As scientists search for ways to prevent Alzheimer’s, a team of researchers in Switzerland and Italy confirm the link between an imbalance in gut…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Dr. Claudia Kawas, co-lead investigator of the 90+ Study, about the complex pathothologies of…