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When people log in to join a Jewish Family & Children’s Service memory cafe online, they might hear from an Afro-Latin music expert about…
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the condition associated with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia (like vascular dementia or Lewy Body…
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There are currently no cures or disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Once a person is diagnosed, their symptoms — memory loss, personality…
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Maggie Ellis, a senior lecturer at St. Andrews University, is currently studying a method of communication used with nonverbal individuals for its applications in…
Healthy diets seem to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. But new research calls everything we thought we knew about the Mediterranean diet into question. Why…
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Sometimes I look up and see my future staring at me, wagging her tail. Her name is Beatrice. She’s a 16-year-old cattle dog mix…