Memory loss that disrupts daily life may be a symptom of Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. There are 10 warning signs and symptoms. Every...
While the exact causes of Alzheimer’s disease are not fully known or understood, as of 2015, scientists believe the disease is caused by several contributing factors including genetics, along with environmental and lifestyle factors. It is believed that age...
When Hilde Bonesteel works with people who have Alzheimer’s and their loved ones—her approach may best be described as radical; radical love, radical joy, and radical hope, both for connection and small moments of beauty and meaning. It’s a...
More than five million Americans are believed to have Alzheimer’s, two-thirds of them are women. Geri Taylor 72, is one of them. Credit Michael Kirby Smith for The New York Times. Alzheimer’s disease can seem frightening, mysterious and daunting....
Just in case you need another reason to cut back on junk food, it now turns out that Alzheimer’s could well be a form of dietinduced diabetes. That’s the bad news. The good news is that laying off soda,...