Imagine your doctor telling you have Alzheimer’s disease or some other type of dementia. Then, imagine being told, “I’m sorry, there’s nothing we can…
Dr. Daniel C. Potts is a neurologist sharing what patients and care partners should know about navigating the healthcare system after watching his father…
Before she was diagnosed with early-onset dementia seven years ago at age 54, Gary Henson’s wife, Brenda, told Henson that if she ever developed…
June 1st, 2018 The beginning signs of Alzheimer’s in my mother were subtle, but noticeable to those close to her. My mom ran a…
April 20th, 2018 Michelle Macadangdang is a caregiver for her husband, Bambi, who has frontotemporal dementia. She is also a full-time regional manager for…
What if all that was required to foretell memory problems was a simple eye exam? By looking deeply into your eyes with special imaging…
A new study has found that hundreds of thousands of people with dementia could experience an improved life with a simple, non-drug medicine: music….
On the heels of recent Alzheimer’s drug failures by companies like Eli Lilly, Merck and Axovant, one pharmaceutical company is insisting there is a…
Brad Dickerson, M.D., is the Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit and Neuroimaging Lab in Boston. He is also a staff…
November 6th, 2017 Sharon cares for her 95-year-old mother, who has vascular dementia, and her husband, who has frontotemporal dementia (FTD). My husband can…
New research shows that the financial costs associated with frontotemporal dementia is twice as expensive as Alzheimer’s. Dementia is an umbrella term for many…
A recent study discovered a gene that could be involved in the death of brain cells in Alzheimer’s. What happens to the brain in…
People not familiar with Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia might use the terms interchangeably, but they’re actually two different diseases that not only have varying…
The number of people with early onset Alzheimer’s is predicted to rise by 20 percent over the next four decades, with more than 50,000…
This week Being Patient was at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London, where over 5000 leaders in dementia research gathered to discuss the latest thinking…