In our LiveTalk series, Being Patient spoke with husband and wife Mark and Brenda Roberts about their journey following Mark’s diagnosis of early-onset vascular…
Kamaria Moore-Hollis, 36, has been a caregiver for the past 13 years, for her father, then for her mother. Navigating a dementia diagnosis, she…
Scientists have made strides in improving the precision of diagnosing Alzheimer’s, but available diagnostic tools that measure Alzheimer’s biomarkers remain inaccessible for many patients….
In Being Patient’s LiveTalk series, Chris Maddocks, Frances Isaacs and Teresa Davies share the challenges they have faced following their dementia diagnoses, and the…
Palliative care physician Dr. Lynn Hallarman shares her own family’s journey caring for her late mother with dementia before and during the outbreak of…
Sheri Yarbrough, 60, has been a caregiver for her mother for the past 11 years, but their relationship hasn’t always been easy. Yarbrough has…
Andres Martin, 34, discovered he has the Jalisco mutation—a rare genetic mutation that causes early-onset familial Alzheimer’s. Here’s how it unlocked a mystery about…
Another development in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment has earned the FDA’s “breakthrough” designation — but this one is not a drug. It’s a virtual…
When Kathy Kenyon’s parents — both with early-stage dementia — moved to the Washington, D.C. area, it took months for medical records to be…
For retired neurologist Daniel Gibbs, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis gave him not only a sense of relief, but a new lifestyle: one of healthier living,…
As part of our LiveTalks series, Being Patient spoke with Gail Gregory, Peter Middleton and George Rook about their dementia diagnoses and what it…
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…