Becoming a caregiver for someone you love who is living with dementia can be an incredibly isolating experience. Even with his experience as a…
Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a progressive neurological condition that affects people’s cognitive abilities, such as memory, language and reasoning. Alzheimer’s is…
Dementia progresses in stages. Alzheimer’s disease, for example, is considered to have seven distinct stages, delineated by the areas of the brain the disease…
This would be one less thing to lie awake at night worrying about: In a small study, researchers found that an FDA-approved insomnia drug…
“What I couldn’t find is how someone dies from Alzheimer’s. What do those complications look like in an Alzheimer’s patient? What does it mean for the…
As Dr. Jeff Chen MD, MBA recalled in a recent talk at the 2023 TED Conference in Vancouver, BC, when he was a medical…
We’ll get to the important question of beta-amyloid plaque build-up, but first, the basics: What is beta-amyloid protein, what does beta-amyloid do in the…
Everyone knows someone that looks substantially younger than their actual age. Take actor Keanu Reeves, for example. Some might say he looks about as…
Alzheimer’s is so far incurable, but there are medications out there that can help manage symptoms and improve quality of life for patients and…
The human gut is home to trillions of microscopic organisms — collectively called the microbiome. The bacteria in the gut help digest food; they…
Having a support system is necessary for caregiving, for help when it’s needed, for moral support, for exchanging knowledge, and more. Yet many people…
Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing…
Most dementia caregivers don’t apply for the job. They wake up one day in a new reality, where caregiving for a loved one with…
Despite decades of study, the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s continues to evade scientists. Because it’s such a mystery, there are only six drugs approved for…
After coming down with the flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than one million people developed a virus-induced form of Parkinson’s disease, with…