Dementia

While a diagnosis can be devastating and terrifying, your medical team will help you learn what it means and your next steps. But can dementia be cured? Let’s find out.

Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia. Research on how napping affects cognition in adults has had mixed results. Some studies on younger adults suggest that napping […]

Dementia can be debilitating, making everyday life a challenge. And it’s more common than you may think, affecting 55 million people worldwide. This is why it’s important to know the signs, treatments, and lifestyle choices that can help reduce the risk of dementia.

If you followed the news coverage in the wake of Robin William’s shocking and tragic death last August 11, 2014, you likely believe that the famous actor and comedian committed suicide due to severe depression following a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis three months prior. However, William’s wife, Susan Schneider Williams, revealed in November 2015 that her […]

You’re likely familiar with the term dementia. In fact, many of us have been personally impacted by this progressive condition, particularly if a friend or loved one has received a dementia diagnosis.  However, you may not know that dementia actually characterizes a number of conditions that affect and damage the brain’s cells, and lead to gradual […]

We’ve known for years that air pollution can have a negative impact on our health, particularly our lungs. But new research shows that it could also be damaging our brains. The study, which involved just under 1,000 people and was led by Elissa Wilker of the Harvard Medical School, shows that long-term exposure to air […]