Alzheimer’s disease is the best-known and most common type of dementia. The second most common form is called vascular dementia. Whereas Alzheimer’s is principally marked...
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Is Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic?
Alzheimer’s is a complex disease driven by many different factors, some of them modifiable (such as diet and exercise) and others non-modifiable. Genetic makeup is...
What are Alzheimer’s Risk Factors?
As we learn more and more about Alzheimer’s disease, the picture that emerges becomes increasingly complex. We understand today that the disease has no single...
What is Amyloid Plaque?
Most people have heard of amyloid plaque and understand that it has something to do with Alzheimer’s disease. But what is it exactly, and what...
What is Mild Cognitive Impairment?
If you were to think of cognition as a linear continuum, you might imagine, at one end, someone with a perfect memory and highly functional...
What are the Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease?
It’s a common experience for people of a certain age to wonder, after walking into a room, just what it was they’d gone in there...
What’s the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia?
People often use the terms “Alzheimer’s disease” and “dementia” interchangeably, as if they were the same thing. In fact, Alzheimer’s is just one form of...
Remembering Better
Do you frequently forget where you left your keys but can recall with crystal clarity the days leading up to and after your wedding 40...
Capgas Syndrome
Throughout time and across cultures, people have faced an eternal question: Are people really who they say they are? This question manifests in everything from...
The MCI Memory Program
We often hear about using brain-boosting activities to reduce the risk of developing cognitive impairment, but did you know that mental stimulation is just as...
10 Practical Strategies to Boost Memory Now
Even though forgetfulness is not a normal consequence of getting older, sometimes it’s hard for people of any age to keep dozens of details straight...
Alzheimer’s Diagnosis? Take These Legal Steps Now
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease has profound implications on the health and daily life of an individual but also on their legal status and capabilities....
