Caregiving costs can reach the price of college tuition, and families are looking for ways around the debt. A new survey finds that sometimes,…
Growing evidence shows that hearing loss is the leading controllable risk factor in midlife for dementia. Danielle Powell, an audiologist and epidemiologist at Johns…
Image: Lynn Casteel Harper, by Travis Tanay Lynn Casteel Harper, author of On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear (Catapult, 2020) and minister of…
As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s grows, so does its impact on younger people. Raising awareness has proven difficult, but Hollywood award-winning movies have taken…
Imran Sherwani, olympic gold medalist, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2019, and revealed his diagnosis this month. Sherwani revels in the life he’s…
Lifestyle changes can lower our dementia risk. Dr. Eric Larson, senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, dives into the science to…
As part of our LiveTalks series, Being Patient spoke with Gail Gregory, Peter Middleton and George Rook about their dementia diagnoses and what it…
While isolation and loneliness have become a massive public health concern on their own over the past 14 months, new research brings a little…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Sandra Kooij about the symptoms and treatment options of ADHD for older adults and…
Even though developing brain-trauma related neurodegenerative disease CTE is a risk for professional impact-sport athletes, there is still no way to diagnose it in…
As part of our Perspectives series, Being Patient spoke with Judith Gates about her husband’s dementia diagnosis following his years as a professional soccer…
Dementia is notoriously difficult to accurately diagnose. Parkinson’s disease dementia and Lewy body dementia can be especially hard to tell apart, even for experts….
Horticulture is the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. For centuries, the focus of horticulture has been finding ways…
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, associate professor of medicine and geriatrics at the University of Virginia, explores the difference between normal memory loss and more severe cognitive…
Perspectives from people living with dementia: Being Patient spoke with Arthena Caston, Mike Belleville, Geri Taylor, who are living with dementia, and Taylor’s husband…