Beware of Road Rage: It Could Be Impacting Your Brain Health, Study Finds
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Emily Woodruff
| November 19th, 2018
When a driver cuts you off in traffic, do you take it in stride? Or do you develop a bad case of road rage?…
Loneliness Increases Risk of Dementia by Up to 40% — But What Does It Mean to Feel Lonely?
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Emily Woodruff
| October 26th, 2018
A new study has calculated the toll loneliness takes on the brain: People who experience feelings of loneliness are at a 40 percent chance…
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Announces Dementia Diagnosis
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Emily Woodruff
| October 23rd, 2018
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was 75 when she left her job on the highest court…
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Can Triple Dementia Risk Later in Life
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Emily Woodruff
| October 18th, 2018
Preeclampsia—a spike in blood pressure that only occurs during pregnancy or the postpartum period, can be a scary complication of giving birth—in fact, it…
Dementia Rates Set to Double Over the Next 40 Years
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Emily Woodruff
| September 26th, 2018
Dementia is a lot like cancer—if you or a loved one haven’t had a personal experience with it, you probably know someone who has….
How Do You Die From Alzheimer’s? The Last Stage of Dementia, Explained
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Christine Barba
| September 24th, 2018
“What I couldn’t find is how someone dies from Alzheimer’s. What do those complications look like in an Alzheimer’s patient? What does it mean for the…
Not My Mom: How Brain Disease Alters Personality
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Being Patient
| September 20th, 2018
We talk to Dr. Bruce Miller, head of the Global Brain Health Institute at UCSF and a world renowned expert on how dementia alters…
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