Feb 14 Why that one song will always remind you of your ex By Nsikan Akpan This Valentine’s Day, three neuroscientists explain why music-evoked memories are so potent -- and whether we can let them go. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch 5:39 For Hilary Swank, a ‘vulnerable’ role as the daughter of an Alzheimer’s patient By Jeffrey Brown The new film “What They Had” explores the painful journey of a family coping with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Its accomplished cast includes Blythe Danner as an ailing mother and Hilary Swank as the daughter who comes home to care for… Continue watching
Nov 29 I can’t afford Medicare Part B. How do I prepare for tomorrow’s health problems? By Philip Moeller While you have dodged a health care bullet so far, the odds are you will need substantial health care in your later years. Continue reading
Jun 27 This human protein may unfurl toxic tangles in Alzheimer’s disease By Roni Dengler A human protein -- called CyP40 -- can untangle the neurodegenerative clumps that characterize Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a new study. Continue reading
Jun 15 Dr. Alzheimer and the patient who helped reveal a devastating disease By Dr. Howard Markel This week marks the 153rd birthday of Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who is often credited for first describing the clinical and micro-anatomic features of a brain disease that steals the memories of millions of people each year. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 3:33 This is what Alzheimer’s looks like: ‘It looks like me’ By PBS NewsHour What does it feel like to be diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Pam Montana and Chris Hannafan offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on what it means to live with the disease and how their worlds have changed. Continue watching
Nov 20 Column: Reviving optimism for regenerative medicine By Jonathan Gertler, STAT The next wave of regenerative medicine research is tackling enormous health care issues: AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and heart disease, among others. Continue reading
Aug 31 New Alzheimer’s drug clears abnormal protein clogs in small, promising trial By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American Aducanumab, a new drug that some researchers are calling the most promising yet in the fight against Alzheimer’s, suggests it is possible to clear the brain of the amyloid protein, a characteristic of the disease. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 3:33 Alzheimer’s could be caused by past infections, researchers say By PBS NewsHour More than five million Americans live with Alzheimer’s, a degenerative brain disease, and it is also the fifth leading cause of death for people over 65 years old in the U.S. A new study suggests it may stem from the… Continue watching
Mar 21 In this poem, Beth Copeland shows what it’s like to have Alzheimer’s By Corinne Segal Writing poems helped Beth Copeland understand more about her father's experience with Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading