A new way of defining for Alzheimer’s could help patients receive an early and accurate diagnosis. Clinicians presented a draft of a new definition…
After my mom was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I spent much of the first several years wondering if she really had Alzheimer’s. Her…
The Price Is Right host Bob Barker has joined the list of TV personalities and celebrities who have passed away from Alzheimer’s disease, and…
Editor’s note: Dr. Marwan Sabbagh will join Being Patient again on September 19, 2023 to revisit this topic and discuss dementia misdiagnosis, why it’s…
If you could get a $400 blood test that tells you within 10 days whether you’re likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease years or decades…
When you have a family member living with dementia, one of the hardest things to consider is when it’s time to take away the…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Research shows that Black, Latino, and indigenous…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Dr. Indira Turney was born in the…
When Laurie Scherrer, a 55-year-oldthen “workaholic” sales executive, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia at age 55, she recalls feeling like…
It was 7:20 a.m. and Joel Braunstein, co-founder and CEO of C2N Diagnostics, was about to start his second meeting of the day. C2N…
Alzheimer’s disease affects one in every three people over the age of 85, and the scale of the epidemic is only worsening. While there…
Over 55 million people worldwide have dementia. This mind-robbing condition has a huge impact on society and the economy, so scientists are working hard…
Really, we should envy spiders. Imagine being able to make silk like they do, flinging it around to get from place to place, always…
Scientists have been working to understand the root causes of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for decades now. But one of the reasons we don’t…
Good news for brain health this summer: FDA-approved drugs like Leqembi available for Alzheimer’s are becoming more widely available. The caveat: These drugs only…