Ka`imi A. Sinclair has devoted her career to brain health equity in indigenous communities and to getting these communities more involved in Alzheimer’s and…
What happens when a person who appears to show signs of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia walks out of a supermarket in the…
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In the past decade, medical institutions practicing within the field of neuroscience have begun to reckon with their racist past — a necessary step…
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Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics postdoctoral research fellow Daphne Martschenko takes a close look at IQ tests — their history, their validity and their…
Neuroimmunology researcher Eleftheria Kodosaki at Cardiff University discusses new research in mice that links Alzheimer’s disease with circadian rhythm. A good night’s sleep has…
Researchers have long been studying the therapeutic benefits of listening to music, and how it can stimulate brain regions that regulate cognition, movement, emotions,…
A new study predicts dementia cases will rise three-fold. Developing countries are expected to be the hardest hit. Eastern sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and…
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This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Berta Carbajal remembers her mother…
New research indicates cataract surgery may lower dementia risk. As the population ages, the number of people in the United States with vision loss…
What’s the difference between treating Alzheimer’s symptoms and modifying the disease? Despite decades of research, the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s continues to evade scientists….
As part of an online conference hosted by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University’s (NYU) Long Island…