Do you ever wonder why or how some people that develop Alzheimer’s sometimes take on a completely different personality? Someone who was once so sweet and nice can become increasingly mean and miserable. Sometimes, our loved ones become completely different people,...
Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating disease for a number of reasons, but especially because there is no known cure or effective treatment. In fact, currently none of the treatments available make a significant difference in symptoms and a new treatment has not been...
Researchers are continually learning about the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and ways to treat and prevent it. A new drug has shown promising results for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. In a recent study, a new small-molecule...
Driving habits are a critical element of Alzheimer’s disease. For one, a change in driving habits can be a revealing symptom of Alzheimer’s. If your loved one commonly forgets where they are going while driving, this could be an alerting sign. Additionally, when...
When we discuss Alzheimer’s, we are generally focused on the group of people over 65 years of age that suffer from the disease. However, there is a small population of adults younger than 65 years of age that suffer from Alzheimer’s. We call this early onset...
Dementia, as we’ve discussed before, can take on numerous forms. Huntington’s Disease is one of the major types of age-related dementia that basically mimics the symptoms of ALS, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s at once. This disease causes the breakdown of nerve cells in...
