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Is Mom Confused — or Can’t She Hear?”

May 17, 2026 No Comments

New research highlights how hearing problems and dementia can mask one another — and why families may miss an important, treatable issue.

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5 Ways to Stop Brain Loss from Hearing Loss — Starting Today

November 28, 2025 No Comments

New research from the Framingham Heart Study shows that even mild hearing loss in midlife is linked to early signs of brain aging. The encouraging news: simple steps you take now may help protect memory, thinking skills, and long-term brain health.

Hearings Aids Offer Dementia Prevention

September 29, 2023 No Comments

Studies have found an association between hearing loss and the development of dementia in older adults. Research also suggests that using hearing aids to treat hearing loss may help slow the development of cognitive problems.

48% Less Dementia Decline with Hearing Aids

August 4, 2023 2 Comments

The future of millions at risk for dementia could change with the use of hearing aids. Learn more.

50% Less Memory Loss by Improving Sight & Hearing

April 27, 2023 No Comments

See how hearing aids and cataract surgery slow memory loss and fight cognitive decline. Learn what vision & hearing interventions can do to fight dementia.

New Omega-3 May Prevent Visual Decline in Alzheimer’s

April 10, 2023 No Comments

A new form of Omega-3 has successfully increased DHA in the retina and reduced eye problems associated with Alzheimer’s-like processes.

Protect Your Hearing to Protect Your Brain

October 23, 2022 1 Comment

VIDEO + ARTICLE + APPS: A NEW STUDY finds that cognitive impairment begins in the earliest stages of age-related hearing loss — when hearing is

Easy Screening with Eye-Catching Smartphone App

June 19, 2022 No Comments

SMARTPHONE DIAGNOSTICS VIDEO + ARTICLE: Researchers have developed a smartphone app that could allow people to screen for Alzheimer’s and other disorders by recording closeups

Hearing Aids May Delay Cognitive Decline

January 22, 2020 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE + APPS: RESEARCHERS in Australia found most people who used hearing aids significantly improved the ability to plan, organize information and initiate

Rudolph Tanzi and Doo Yeon Kim in the lab (Photo by Irvin Serrano)

“Alzheimer’s-in-a-Dish” Wins Smithsonian Ingenuity Award

May 30, 2026

VIDEO + ARTICLE: Rudolph Tanzi and Doo Yeon Kim have invented a revolutionary new tool to uncover the mysteries to finding an Alzheimer’s cure and counter the coming epidemic of dementia.

Reverse Dementia in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

May 29, 2026

DIAGNOSIS (VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT):
5% of Alzheimer’s cases may really be NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus), a curable dementia. 400,000 Americans have NPH. Only 11,000 are properly diagnosed. Find out what you can do.

Wife reading with cognitively impaired husband

20 Home Safety Tips for Alzheimer’s

May 28, 2026

20 TIPS + NIH HOME SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR ALZHEIMER’S:
Here are 20 ways to make your home a safer place for a loved one with dementia.

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” By Dad with Dementia & Son

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Is Alzheimer’s Catchy?

It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.