Being Patient’s Guide to ‘Is It Normal Aging or Something More Serious?’
By
Ashley Chan
| May 11th, 2025
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What is normal aging?
By
Being Patient
| October 21st, 2020
A vast majority of people maintain their cognitive functions as they get older. Some cognitive abilities tend to decline: some types of memory, attention,…
What is normal aging?
By
Being Patient
| October 21st, 2020
The First Signs of Dementia, Or Just Normal Aging?
By
Tanner Jensen
| May 14th, 2020
With aging comes concern about developing Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, and every lapse in memory or attention can feel like the…
How Can You Tell the Difference Between Dementia and ‘Normal’ Aging?
By
Alexandra Marvar
| November 23rd, 2022
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the condition associated with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia (like vascular dementia or Lewy Body…
Is It ‘Normal’ Aging, Or Possible Early Signs of Alzheimer’s?
By
Nicholas Chan
| September 30th, 2020
How can we differentiate between “normal” aging and mild cognitive impairment, the condition associated with early stages of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s? Aging can bring…
‘Normal’ Aging: What You Can Expect From Your Body and Brain
By
Bruce Horovitz
| August 23rd, 2018
What does normal aging look like? For 93-year-old Joseph Brown, the clearest sign of aging was his inability the other day to remember he…
When is Forgetfulness a Sign of Disease? Alzheimer’s Vs. ‘Normal’ Aging
By
Being Patient
| May 4th, 2018
We talk to Dr. Bill Burke, M.D., Director of the Stead Family Memory Center at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, on what you need to…
Dr. Jacob Dubroff: How Brain Imaging Is Changing the Way We Diagnose Alzheimer’s
By
Antonia Gallagher
| June 9th, 2025
This Live Talk is produced by Being Patient with support provided by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging and Eli Lilly and…
Early Signs of Dementia: How Much Memory Loss Is ‘Normal’?
By
Oliver Baumann and Cindy Jones, Bond University
| October 4th, 2024
You’ve driven home from work along the same route for the past five years. But lately, you’ve been stopping at the same intersection, struggling…
What Links Aging and Disease? Research Points to Metabolism
By
Melanie R. McReynolds
| September 26th, 2024
Aging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, growing old should be a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of…
What Humans Could Learn From Animals: The Aging-Hibernation Link
By
Peter Stenvinkel
| January 22nd, 2024
When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate. This long, deep rest is an example…
6 Books to Add to Your 2024 Reading List on Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Aging
By
Katy Koop
| January 2nd, 2024
Dementia can be isolating — for the person living with the disease, and for caregivers. It can also be generative. For a number of…
A Historian on Dementia: Our Evolving Views on Alzheimer’s and Aging
By
Katy Koop
| December 21st, 2023
Our scientific understanding and general attitudes toward dementia have evolved in the past century. When Alzheimer’s was first written about in 1906, how we…
Forgetting Your Words: What’s Normal, and What’s a Dementia Red Flag?
By
Greig de Zubicaray
| October 13th, 2023
We’ve all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can’t find the word we want to use, even though we’re certain we know it….