When it comes to Alzheimer’s, what happens first: beta amyloid plaques, or the visible personality and cognitive changes common with the disease? Researchers have…
Researchers may now be able to predict memory problems far in advance by identifying certain brain activity patterns. In a new study out of…
Doctors can spot the beginning stages of mild cognitive impairment, and the very early symptoms of Alzheimer’s, through memory tests. But these tests —…
Could epileptic seizures be a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease? A recent study has found that patients with dementia have an increased risk of having…
As one of ten kids, journalist Greg O’Brien became a caregiver for his parents after his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and his father…
Before being diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor to vascular dementia, at age 61, Gerda Saunders noticed she was having trouble with her…
Are you worried that your parent or grandparent is unsafe behind the wheel? Dementia affects everyone differently, but it often disrupts the motor skills…
Most neurologists dread telling patients they have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. I am no exception. But 16 years ago, I discovered…
Alex Trebek has had a chance to play a memory game every day of work since 1984. Over 30 seasons of hosting “Jeopardy,” he…
As the number of people with dementia grows, scientists are rushing to figure out a faster diagnosis process. And researchers from University College London think…
Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the front lines of disasters…
We talk to Dr. Bill Burke, M.D., Director of the Stead Family Memory Center at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, on what you need to…
When Donald Trump aced a cognitive test in January, scores of people tried to take it, too, based mostly on media reports that invited them…
Creeping levels of stress and anxiety could be a sign of impending Alzheimer’s disease, a 2018 study found. Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
We’ve all had that sneaking feeling we’re forgetting something as we rush out the door to work or as we board a plane to…