This article is part of the Journey to Diagnosis series, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eli Lilly. When you’re concerned about…
Receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis is often a long, complex process, with many individuals facing delayed diagnosis or even misdiagnosis for years. A key reason…
You’ve driven home from work along the same route for the past five years. But lately, you’ve been stopping at the same intersection, struggling…
Some Americans are questioning whether older people like Joe Biden and Donald Trump are cognitively competent to be president, amid reports of the candidates…
When Doreen Monks first started showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, she was working as a neuroscience nurse practitioner. While she was having problems managing…
One day, when Deb Jobe looked inside her closet, she noticed a giant black hole that wasn’t there before. When she called over her…
Around 36 percent of people in England with dementia are unaware they have the condition, according to a new report from the Dementia Commission….
A small, seahorse-sized area of the brain is responsible for most of our learning and memory. Called the hippocampus, this area is key…
Alzheimer’s disease is often thought of as a condition that only affects the elderly. But around 3.9 million people worldwide aged 30 to 64…
In a typical year, the holidays are a time where families come together to celebrate the season. As we know, 2020 was anything but…
We’ve all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can’t find the word we want to use, even though we’re certain we know it….
Dementia is often thought of as a memory problem, like when an older adult asks the same questions or misplaces things. In reality, individuals…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Despite being underrepresented in clinical trials, Latinos…
Editor’s note: Dr. Marwan Sabbagh will join Being Patient again on September 19, 2023 to revisit this topic and discuss dementia misdiagnosis, why it’s…
Lewy body dementia is the second most common form of dementia. Where Alzheimer’s disease makes up 70 percent of dementia cases, Lewy body makes…