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…
Air pollution — a major cause of global warming — has been on the forefront of the debate regarding climate change. Now, as we…
The first ever commercial Alzheimer’s blood test is on the market. It’s big progress. Some experts have reservations because it hasn’t yet secured FDA…
Beloved quiz show host Alex Trebek passed away Nov. 8, at age 80, following a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He had announced…
The idea that anxiety somehow foreshadows Alzheimer’s is not new: We have seen it in, for example, 2018 findings that increased anxiety corresponded with…
Scientists are barreling toward a future in which, thanks to CRISPR, it is possible to edit the genetic make-up of brain cells to prevent…