This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. With reports of clinical trials not being…
A new study has found that people who engaged in learning activities as children — studying foreign languages, being read to, looking at atlases,…
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The first thing most Alzheimer’s patients do when they get a diagnosis? Pretend like nothing happened. “They call it the Alzheimer’s closet,” said 54-year-old…
Could nurses with better training change the way dementia patients recover from surgery? A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics…
While the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease trudges on, emerging prevention evidence is the most encouraging news for those who have…
Sarah Akin hopes this holiday that caregivers give themselves a little grace — and that visiting family do the same. Akin, who is 35…
Experts share essential heat safety tips as climate-related dangers increase for families living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. As a heat wave…
Award-winning journalist Jennie Erin Smith spent seven years in mountaintop communities and laboratories in Colombia researching her nonfiction book, Valley of Forgetting. It follows…
Robin McIntyre learned at age 29 that she carries the gene for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. For this hair stylist based in Las Vegas, the…
This Live Talk is produced by Being Patient with support provided by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging and Eli Lilly and…
Navigating the U.S.’s federal and state health insurance program, Medicaid, to cover dementia-related long-term care can feel overwhelming, especially as the program differs widely…
This Live Talk is produced by Being Patient with support provided by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging and Eli Lilly and Company…
Common viral infections may make the brain more susceptible to dementia and other neurological diseases. For instance, the Epstein-Barr virus — which causes mononucleosis…