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…
Lewy Body dementia is the second most common form of dementia, but one of the most frequently misdiagnosed. One thing that makes LBD just…
AMSTERDAM — When we arrived at the Rijks Museum, the home of Netherland’s most cherished artwork and cultural heritage, the halls were pretty empty…
A record number of people — 6,524 and counting — are expected in Amsterdam next week for the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. As…
We arrived at the emergency vet at 1 a.m. Our 10-month-old kitten, Pippin, had started breathing oddly earlier in the day but we thought…
After 30 hours of neurological and psychiatric evaluations, Laurie Scherrer thought the fifth in a series of doctors, would tell her that she had…
The early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia can be subtle — at times, imperceptible to the person experiencing them. Forgetfulness or struggling with…
When author and academic Rebecca Chopp went to her yearly physical in 2019, she wasn’t expecting to learn that she has Alzheimer’s. In fact,…
Gordon Van Slyke’s mother and sister both passed away of early onset Alzheimer’s when they were in their early 60s. When he decided to…
I received my diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s in July 2016 through participation in a clinical trial for Biogen’s aducanumab (now known as Aduhelm). Except…
During the height of the AIDS crisis 35 years ago, a few hundred people gathered one night in the NYC Lesbian and Gay Community…
For Dale Rivard, practicing law and working as a trial attorney was his calling. Rivard’s diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in 2017, however,…
In 2016, Nicole Bell’s husband suddenly began experiencing cognitive decline. But the early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis that followed just didn’t add up. The more she…
A few weeks ago, my husband Tim and I were sitting at our kitchen counter, chatting over dinner and looking through the day’s mail….
For Emily Ong, pursuing an accurate diagnosis of dementia has been a difficult and emotional road. In Feb. 2017, she was first misdiagnosed with…