Experts estimate that, by 2023, nearly 40 percent of the more than eight million Americans living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias will be Latino…
About 14 of every 100 of Black Americans older than 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, compared 10 in 100 white Americans of the same age…
Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke,…
As Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia progress, brain cells and their connections degenerate and die, including those crucial for recalling old memories. That…
As we journey through life, the risk of developing chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease and neurological disorders, increases significantly. However, while we all…
Around 36 percent of people in England with dementia are unaware they have the condition, according to a new report from the Dementia Commission….
Even after decades of studying Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other similar conditions, scientists still don’t know what exactly causes the disease to develop. What they…
While many people use Alzheimer’s and dementia interchangeably, these don’t mean the same thing. What exactly is the difference? Dementia is a word used…
A small, seahorse-sized area of the brain is responsible for most of our learning and memory. Called the hippocampus, this area is key…
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…
People with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are often treated as though they are less capable than they actually are. This can be…
People can feel helpless when looking for meaningful ways to support a friend or family member living with dementia or Alzheimer’s. Because being a…
As the proportion of older people in the population around the world increases, the prevalence of dementia will increase in turn. By 2030, it…
Around 2000 BC, records written by Ancient Egyptians documented that some people developed problems with their memory in older age. Around 1,500 years later,…
As of a landmark policy change in October 2023, Medicare now covers PET scans to look for Alzheimer’s biomarker beta-amyloid in the brain for…