There is no single test available to diagnose Alzheimer’s. Instead, physicians rely on several diagnostic tools and medical criteria to ascertain whether a person…
Can yoga and brain games slow down or improve quality of life in people with mild memory and cognitive issues? A new study sponsored…
Before being diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor to vascular dementia, at age 61, Gerda Saunders noticed she was having trouble with her…
Some people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s may actually have a newly defined type of dementia that mimics the disease’s symptoms but is…
Rachel O’Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to six older adults sitting around a table: How should primary care physicians support…
Tom Stevens pets his golden retriever Jennie. The dog squints her brown eyes. “How are you?” Tom says. Jennie barks in response. This encounter,…
Scientists still don’t know why some people get Alzheimer’s and others can recall facts and memories well into their 90s, but they believe it’s…
Lewy body dementia (LBD) is one of the most common forms of dementia. The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) estimates that the brain disorder makes…
Gloria Brown didn’t get a good night’s sleep. Her husband, Arthur Brown, 79, has Alzheimer’s disease and had spent most of the night pacing…
Are mushrooms the magic ingredient for a strong memory? Maybe, according to a 2019 study from the Department of Psychological Medicine and Department of…
A new study from the Mayo Clinic shows that people with sleep apnea are more likely to have higher levels of the protein tau,…
Does too much T.V. change our cognitive abilities for the worse? Possibly, according to researchers from Univerity College London, who found that adults who…
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on dietary supplements sellers making claims that their products can cure or treat dementia and Alzheimer’s….
Before being diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s in his early 50s, Jeff Borghoff received several misdiagnoses from different doctors and was even put on medication…
Most neurologists dread telling patients they have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. I am no exception. But 16 years ago, I discovered…