Yet again, researchers are moving ahead when it comes to their knowledge of one of the most devastating diseases that someone can be diagnosed with: Alzheimer’s disease. This time, the advance comes from a look at Type 2 Diabetes and … [Read more...]
Can Alzheimer’s Be Detected Early?
What if you could detect Alzheimer’s disease years before any sort of symptoms occurred? Would you want this information that far ahead of time? If you are like most others, this would be a huge blessing. Although there’s no … [Read more...]
Facing Dementia Early On
New York University’s Langone Health and School of Medicine recently teamed up to conduct research in the field of detecting dementia. The new tool that was developed uses an MRI to map white matter lesions on the brain, one of the hallmark … [Read more...]
Focusing on Memory Care
Memory care is specialized senior care that helps those with dementia live a more comfortable and safer life. As you probably know, Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most visible and prevalent forms of dementia and it takes a serious toll … [Read more...]
Reversing Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s
An article recently published in Cell Metabolism outlines an exciting new discovery in the field of Alzheimer’s research. The main takeaway of this article is that it might be possible to help restore some memory functioning early on once … [Read more...]
An Uplifting Senior Care Story
A recently published story out of Dublin illustrates just how important family and the bonds that we form over time are when it comes to senior care. A couple named Bud and Audrey both moved into an assisted living facility that specializes … [Read more...]
Does Time of Day Matter in Dementia?
According to research, some times of day are better than others when it comes to memory retrieval. If you’ve ever noticed that there are times when you can’t think of where you left your keys or what your kids’ names are, it might be … [Read more...]
Protection from Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic degenerative disease. There’s no cure for it and the symptoms of the disease continue to grow over time, causing cognitive decline and loss of motor functioning. Eventually, the person with Alzheimer’s … [Read more...]
Getting Help With Long Term Dementia Care
Dementia is one of the most difficult things to deal with in an older loved one. For years, they have helped to raise you and probably know you better than anyone else in the world. Suddenly, dementia can take over and they no longer can … [Read more...]
How You Sleep Now Can Impact You Later
A new study published in JNeurosci indicates that the sleep patterns that we have early in life can be predictive of whether or not we will develop Alzheimer’s disease later on in life. Frequently disrupted sleep, according to this research … [Read more...]
Staying Active When it Comes to Memory Care
June is officially the month where Alzheimer’s awareness is observed. This is a scary disease and it can have a profoundly negative impact on your family, but being aware of it, the symptoms of the disease, and what can be done to help make … [Read more...]
Does Curcumin Do Everything People Say it Does?
Supplements often make big promises. Sometimes, those promises are completely empty and end up not doing much more than act as a placebo for those that take them. Other times, a supplement can have a positive impact on your … [Read more...]