Families share stories of their loved ones’ experiences with homelessness and dementia. When Heather Oglesby pulled up to a homeless shelter in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,…
Whether or not Alzheimer’s disease can be 100% prevented is up for debate. Scientists still don’t know exactly what causes Alzheimer’s, nor do they…
Diane Rehm, whose husband John Rehm lived with Parkinson’s, shares her perspective on why people living with dementia deserves a say in their end…
The long search for a drug to slow the decline of Alzheimer’s may have reached a turning point. Pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai have…
As Being Patient celebrates our one-year anniversary, I wanted to take this time to thank you, our readers, for making this year one of…
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…
Giving birth to five or more children may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s by as much as 70 percent, a new study has found….
I know a care partner who wrote a one-page life story of her husband that she could share with professionals at each transition: likes, dislikes, former occupation, noteworthy accomplishments—information that would typically not be found in the medical record.
Dr. Daniel C. Potts is a neurologist sharing what patients and care partners should know about navigating the healthcare system after watching his father…
Vicki Bartholomew started a support group for wives who are caring for a husband with Alzheimer’s disease because she needed that sort of group…
After years of failure, including some pharmaceutical companies calling off Alzheimer’s research altogether, Biogen offers a glimmer of hope: New data from a Phase…
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…
We tend to think of problems with hearing, eyesight and thinking as just another part of getting older. And to an extent, those functions…
Does the herpes virus play a role in Alzheimer’s development? A new study funded by the National Institutes on Aging and led by several…
When doctors deliver pulses of electricity deep into the brain, they see improvements in diseases like diabetes, Parkinson’s, and even depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder….