VIDEO & ARTICLE: The most successful basketball coach in history, battling her dementia, is opening the new Pat Summitt Alzheimer’s Clinic. It promises to be
VIDEO: After being diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s, Phyllis Blais started going to classes at the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation. See how the classes, designed to
VIDEO & ARTICLE: Rising above her Alzheimer’s, Pat Summit is renewing her contract as Tennessee’s Head Coach Emeritus. See the most successful basketball coach in
VIDEO Watch this proud stand from the Colorado Senate. See a truly moving tribute to people with Alzheimer’s, as well as caretakers and the many
VIDEO+ARTICLE See the most successful basketball coach in history discuss her life since leaving the court to battle dementia. Find out about her new position
Former Congressman Dennis Moore and funnyman Seth Rogen gave Capitol Hill a brilliant presentation on the state of Alzheimer’s today. Watch this engaging presentation to
VIDEO Music legend Glen Campbell hasn’t let his battle with Alzheimer’s disease keep him from his music. His wife, Kim, tells USA TODAY about his
VIDEO Kathy Sanford is the first person in the USA to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain to treat Alzheimer’s. The pacemaker sends electronic
VIDEO+INFO Exercise is the #1 way to fight dementias such as Alzheimer’s. But how does one keep exercising while aging? Get inspired to get moving
VIDEO Dennis Moore has lived most of his life in the public eye. A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is not changing anything.
People living with dementia can experience changed perception, often resulting in visual misinterpretation and disorientation –but simple changes in the environment can help.
VIDEO + ARTICLE: After studying 2,000 people, learn why researchers were surprised to find that allowing ourselves to ‘feel lonely’, and NOT ‘being alone’, was associated with getting dementia. See how feeling connected keeps your brain cells connected, too.
DIET RESEARCH: Learn how diet, exercise and watching your weight will prevent insulin-resistance, and as a result, protect your brain.
Memory is particularly vulnerable to the effects of insulin resistance, according to a 20-year study.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
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?
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
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.
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