Have you heard the one about old Joe, who’s telling his friend Frank about the memory pills his doctor has…
Hopefully, you’re already aware that occasional lapses in short-term memory, especially as we age, are common. If you can’t remember…
Your trainer at the gym introduces you to a new member, and five minutes later you realize you’ve completely forgotten…
At the present time, the three most common forms of dementia…Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and Lewy Body dementia…have no cure.…
Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), sometimes called Dementia with Lewy Bodies, is the third most common form of dementia (after Alzheimer’s…
Alzheimer’s disease is the best-known and most common type of dementia. The second most common form is called vascular dementia.…
Alzheimer’s is a complex disease driven by many different factors, some of them modifiable (such as diet and exercise) and…
As we learn more and more about Alzheimer’s disease, the picture that emerges becomes increasingly complex. We understand today that…
Most people have heard of amyloid plaque and understand that it has something to do with Alzheimer’s disease. But what…
If you were to think of cognition as a linear continuum, you might imagine, at one end, someone with a…
It’s a common experience for people of a certain age to wonder, after walking into a room, just what it…
People often use the terms “Alzheimer’s disease” and “dementia” interchangeably, as if they were the same thing. In fact, Alzheimer’s…
What does it mean to be older? For many of us, part of the description of the stereotypical elderly person…
If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension, experts recommend that you get a home blood pressure monitor and keep track of…
Maximum contributions to a Roth IRA are limited, but change on an annual basis. Your contributions can rise too.
