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…
This story was originally published in July, 2019. Peter Berry, dressed in a green, collared shirt and wearing black, wide-framed glasses, sat in his…
Is dementia preventable? Research shows that yes, sometimes, it is. Scientists project that the number of people living with dementia, a neurodegenerative syndrome which…
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…
Research shows that certain widely distributed vaccines may offer benefits beyond just immunity against an infection: one might be helping to fend off Alzheimer’s….
Really, we should envy spiders. Imagine being able to make silk like they do, flinging it around to get from place to place, always…
After a dementia diagnosis, many families have questions about legal or financial planning. We reached out to Kurt Winter, an attorney at law in…
At first glance, celebrity animal expert Jack Hanna appears to be living a nice, quiet life at his home in Montana. In the mornings,…