When Jamie Tyrone opened the e-mail from a direct-to-consumer DNA company, she thought she was satisfying a casual curiosity. Instead, she learned she carries…
Robin McIntyre learned at age 29 that she carries the gene for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. For this hair stylist based in Las Vegas, the…
After a hack exposed the data of millions of its customers, the at-home genetic testing giant 23andMe has gone bankrupt and will be selling…
Fourteen years ago, lawyer Sonia Vallabh took a genetic test that showed she would one day contract a fatal disease that ends in a…
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Members of the Being Patient community are increasingly curious to learn their genetic status as it relates to Alzheimer’s risk. A story I was…
Scientists are looking for ways to detect cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s faster, so that they could treat the disease sooner. The holy grail of…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is often talked about…
Alzheimer’s disease affects one in 10 people over the age of 65 and one in three over the age of 85, and its global…
This article was made possible through sponsorship by Alzheon. Being Patient’s editorial team produced the interview with no review/approval process by the sponsor. Alzheimer’s…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Michele Castro’s mother and brother both passed…
Since 23andMe started offering at-home genetic testing, more than 10 million people have used their service to learn more about their ancestry — and…
Everyone carries two copies of a certain gene called APOE4, and it comes in a few variants. One of these variants, APOE4, has been…
When Jamie Tyrone found out that she has two copies of the ApoE4 gene nine years ago, greatly increasing her risk of developing Alzheimer’s,…
Since the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, researchers found that people living with Alzheimer’s were at a higher risk of severe COVID-19…