Gail Weatherill
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Deborah Kan
| August 16th, 2018
August 16th, 2018 Gail Weatherill has been an RN for 38 years and has specialized in helping those who are living with dementia for…
Could Sound Waves Crack Open the Barrier to Treating Alzheimer’s?
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Deborah Kan
| August 13th, 2018
Could an ultrasound unlock the secret to curing Alzheimer’s? Results from a recent study show that using the sound waves emitted by an ultrasound…
Living Alone With Dementia: For Some, It Leads to Homelessness
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Deborah Kan
| August 6th, 2018
Families share stories of their loved ones’ experiences with homelessness and dementia. When Heather Oglesby pulled up to a homeless shelter in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,…
How Many Hits to the Head Before Dementia-Like Damage Occurs?
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Being Patient
| August 1st, 2018
How many hits can a person take before a blow to the head translates to damage that mimics dementia? Just one, according to new…
How Stress Breaks Your Brain: An Interview With a Stress Expert
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Marguerite Lonergan
| July 20th, 2018
We’ve all felt the temporary effects of stress: a racing heart, sweaty palms, a sinking feeling in your stomach. For the most part, these…
Bill Gates Calls for an Affordable Test To Detect Alzheimer’s Early
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Being Patient
| July 17th, 2018
“Imagine a world where diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease is as simple as getting your blood tested during your annual physical,” Bill Gates wrote in a…
Why People With This Gene Have an Increased Alzheimer’s Risk
By
Being Patient
| July 5th, 2018
Researchers suggest that brain glucose and ketones may be involved in ApoE’s connection with Alzheimer’s. We know that people with a certain gene called…
Bobbi Michele Spielman
By
Deborah Kan
| June 22nd, 2018
June 22nd, 2018 My mom was diagnosed with dementia in 2013 and passed away this year. We realized something was wrong after my brother…
Asthma Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s in Mice
By
Being Patient
| June 22nd, 2018
What if a drug to press rewind on the damage Alzheimer’s causes already exists? That’s what researchers at Temple University asked when they gave…
Major Drug Companies Call Off Late-Stage Alzheimer’s Trials
By
Being Patient
| June 12th, 2018
For years, hopes have been raised and then dashed in the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s as drugs that pass stage 2 clinical…
Memory Transplant in Snails Challenges Theories on How the Mind Works
By
Being Patient
| May 29th, 2018
Transferring memories between two beings sounds like something better left to fictional “Harry Potter” characters. But scientists at University of California, Los Angeles, have…
Lisa Paglia
By
Deborah Kan
| May 25th, 2018
May 25th, 2018 Lisa Paglia is the author of “Not All Who Wander Need Be Lost: Stories of Hope for Families Facing Alzheimer’s and…
Ralonda Thompson
By
Deborah Kan
| May 18th, 2018
May 18th, 2018 Ralonda Thompson is a full-time caregiver to her mother, who was diagnosed with dementia two years ago. From the outside, my…
Constance L. Vincent
By
Deborah Kan
| May 11th, 2018
May 11th, 2018 Constance L. Vincent was a caregiver for her parents who had dementia. She is the author of two books: Not Going Gently:…
One Traumatic Brain Injury Doubles the Risk of Dementia
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Being Patient
| May 8th, 2018
Repeated blows to the head, like those potentially sustained in football or boxing, have long been shown to contribute to long-term neurological damage. But…