Misconceptions about dementia are prevalent, and for people living with the illness, they can make it all the more isolating. After a candid conversation…
As part of our LiveTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Dawn Kirby and Dr. Brad Dickerson about caring for a loved one with frontotemporal…
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…
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….
Melissa J. Armstrong, associate professor of neurology at the University of Floria, discusses the early signs of Lewy body dementia and the importance of…
As part of our LiveTalk series, Being Patient spoke with talk show host Leeza Gibbons about her family’s journey with Alzheimer’s, and her mission…
As part of our BrainTalk series, Being Patient spoke with Dr. Michael Geschwind about the causes of rapidly progressive dementias — relatively uncommon dementias…