When Peter Berry was first diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at age 50, his first thoughts were that he was a burden to his family…
A dementia diagnosis is devastating. While some patients given a dementia diagnosis can enroll in clinical trials that might provide a drug to slow…
Social isolation and depression are considered the gateway to cognitive decline by some researchers. In fact, studies suggest that loneliness increases the risk of…
An 80-year-old man with Alzheimer’s mistook his home health aide, who had been providing care for him for several months, for an intruder. When…
A new study has calculated the toll loneliness takes on the brain: People who experience feelings of loneliness are at a 40 percent chance…
You can’t control your age, but can you slow the decline of aging by trying to keep your mental health in check? A new…
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