From coping with cognitive and physical impairments, to behavioral and psychological symptoms, people struggle to adjust to the progressive and unpredictable nature of dementia….
Neuroscientist Kristen Willeumier, PhD, author of Biohack Your Brain, and neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi, author of Boost Your Brain, help us understand why we…
Certain genes like ApoE that play an important role in the disease. ApoE’s genetic variant, known as ApoE4, is the strongest genetic risk factor…
Caregivers are often overburdened, balancing work and raising a family while caring for a loved one with dementia. Amid the daily stresses of juggling…
Poor sleep — which often goes hand in hand with dementia — can lead to a number of other cognitive health problems for people…
The pandemic has taken an enormous toll on caregivers who are staying home, figuring out ways to observe the holiday safely and looking after…
This article was written during the first holiday season of the novel coronavirus pandemic, in 2020. Being Patient speaks with experts about safe ways…
While researchers have known that the ApoE4 genetic variant is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, this finding is largely…
November 16th, 2020 Janice Hicks is the co-author of Redeeming Dementia: Spirituality, Theology and Science, chaplain at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and…
Many non-genetic factors affect our cognitive health and our risk of developing dementia later in our lives, from childhood education to healthy sleep, to…
A nationwide September study revealed that many Americans lack the understanding of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, even though Alzheimer’s is one of the leading causes…
A new review of 44 years worth of data from Sweden found that women with more years of fertility had two thirds higher risk…
At the National Alzheimer’s Summit, experts stressed that it is possible for people to reduce their risk of developing dementia by making certain lifestyle…
A recent study found that constant uncontrollable worry — what cognitive scientists call repetitive negative thinking — may be a factor in the aggregation…
The answer is no. We need to clear amyloid from the brain. The brain can clear amyloid through channels that open during deep sleep….