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A New Study Links Oral Health and Brain Health

A new study shows that poor oral health can cause Alzheimer's, dementia, and stroke. Up to 50% of people over 30 have poor oral health, and many can't afford a dentist.

A new study shows that poor oral health can cause Alzheimer's, dementia, and stroke. Up to 50% of people over 30 have poor oral health, and many can't afford a dentist.

What Is Déjà Vu?

Déjà vu: A glich in the matrix or a matter of memory?

Déjà vu: A glich in the matrix or a matter of memory?

How to Use Music to Reconnect With a Dementia Patient

A recent study shows that music can become a bridge to communication between dementia patients and their caregivers, even after patients have lost the ability to speak.

A recent study shows that music can become a bridge to communication between dementia patients and their caregivers, even after patients have lost the ability to speak.

It’s Not Alzheimer’s Disease, It’s Perimenopause

Many women in their late 40s and early 50s experience memory problems, leading to fear of Alzheimer’s disease. Most likely, it's perimenopause-related brain fog.

Many women in their late 40s and early 50s experience memory problems, leading to fear of Alzheimer’s disease. Most likely, it's perimenopause-related brain fog.

The Bucket List and the Promises I Make Today

A Personal Perspective: I was forced, like others, to take a road not commonly traveled, and it has made all the difference for me.

A Personal Perspective: I was forced, like others, to take a road not commonly traveled, and it has made all the difference for me.

How to Manage Medications When Dealing With Dementia

Strokes, seizures, bleeding, and other disasters can occur if medications are not taken correctly for someone with dementia.

Strokes, seizures, bleeding, and other disasters can occur if medications are not taken correctly for someone with dementia.

Better Deep Sleep May Delay or Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

Can deep sleep be part of the treatment for Alzheimer's Disease? The findings so far point to a relationship between sleep and Alzheimer’s.

Can deep sleep be part of the treatment for Alzheimer's Disease? The findings so far point to a relationship between sleep and Alzheimer’s.

When Reality Is Fractured

People with dementia have an increased risk of moral injury. Here's why it happens and what to do about it.

People with dementia have an increased risk of moral injury. Here's why it happens and what to do about it.

4 Surprising Ways to Maintain a Youthful Brain

Gut microbes can influence inflammation, which can affect the brain, contributing to depression, cognitive impairment, and dementia. Learn four ways to improve your brain health.

Gut microbes can influence inflammation, which can affect the brain, contributing to depression, cognitive impairment, and dementia. Learn four ways to improve your brain health.

How to Celebrate a Birthday in the Face of Dementia

A Personal Perspective: My mother won't remember that we celebrated her birthday. Why did I still feel compelled to make an occasion of the day?

A Personal Perspective: My mother won't remember that we celebrated her birthday. Why did I still feel compelled to make an occasion of the day?

How to Feed a Late-Stage Alzheimer’s Patient

A Personal Perspective: I began with such good intentions and fed my mother a diet packed with goodness. What she eats now is anathema to me.

A Personal Perspective: I began with such good intentions and fed my mother a diet packed with goodness. What she eats now is anathema to me.

Modern Aging Has Two Very New Dangers

Longer lives mean that more people will suffer from dementia. Meanwhile, new retirement plans replace lifelong pensions with a lump sum that could run out.

Longer lives mean that more people will suffer from dementia. Meanwhile, new retirement plans replace lifelong pensions with a lump sum that could run out.

Grieving a loved one who is still living activates grief with ambiguity.
What Is Ambiguous Grief and How to Begin Healing

Death isn’t a prerequisite to grief; everyday life events, including addiction, divorce, and estrangement, can activate ambiguous grief. Here's what you need to know.

Death isn’t a prerequisite to grief; everyday life events, including addiction, divorce, and estrangement, can activate ambiguous grief. Here's what you need to know.

A Twisted Tale of Genes, Microbes, and Alzheimer's

A new study finds associations between Alzheimer's, genetics, and gut microbes. Can diet affect our risk of dementia?

A new study finds associations between Alzheimer's, genetics, and gut microbes. Can diet affect our risk of dementia?

How Not to Get Dementia

A Personal Perspective: Daily exposure to my mother's Alzheimer's disease makes me mindful of the risks of dementia. Perhaps that will protect me.

A Personal Perspective: Daily exposure to my mother's Alzheimer's disease makes me mindful of the risks of dementia. Perhaps that will protect me.

What the Eyes Tell Us About the Brain

Eyes aren't just windows to our soul, but a gateway to understanding cognitive processes as well as brain health. Common sense eyecare behaviors can help maintain a healthy brain.

Eyes aren't just windows to our soul, but a gateway to understanding cognitive processes as well as brain health. Common sense eyecare behaviors can help maintain a healthy brain.

Jennifer Aniston on the Brain

How to use Jennifer Aniston neurons and memory castles to improve your memory and enhance your cognitive function.

How to use Jennifer Aniston neurons and memory castles to improve your memory and enhance your cognitive function.

The Most Important Conversation to Have With a Parent

A Personal Perspective: I could not conceive of my brilliant mother succumbing to dementia. Denial and the difficulty of the subject meant we never had this conversation.

A Personal Perspective: I could not conceive of my brilliant mother succumbing to dementia. Denial and the difficulty of the subject meant we never had this conversation.

Living with Bittersweet Emotions

A Personal Perspective: Our lives are sprinkled with bittersweet moments. How can we manage our responses with greater resilience?

A Personal Perspective: Our lives are sprinkled with bittersweet moments. How can we manage our responses with greater resilience?

The Dreadful Physical Symptoms of Dementia

A Personal Perspective: When my mother presented with a few senior moments, we had no idea her loss of cognition would quickly be hamstrung by a growing list of physical handicaps.

A Personal Perspective: When my mother presented with a few senior moments, we had no idea her loss of cognition would quickly be hamstrung by a growing list of physical handicaps.

Mind Tricks for Cognitive Health in Old Age

Improve your cognitive health as you approach advanced age with these mind tricks, suggested by wise senior psychoanalysts.

Improve your cognitive health as you approach advanced age with these mind tricks, suggested by wise senior psychoanalysts.

How Some Common Drugs Can Increase the Risk of Dementia

If she had known the dementia risks of some of the common drugs she was prescribed for years, would my mother have agreed to take them? Would her doctor have prescribed them?

If she had known the dementia risks of some of the common drugs she was prescribed for years, would my mother have agreed to take them? Would her doctor have prescribed them?

What Are the Reasons for My Mother’s Alzheimer’s Disease?

Personal Perspective: Dementia does not strike entirely randomly. Were my mother's long, treatment-resistant depressions to blame? Or her stroke? Or just her gender?

Personal Perspective: Dementia does not strike entirely randomly. Were my mother's long, treatment-resistant depressions to blame? Or her stroke? Or just her gender?

When It Looks Like Dementia, but It Isn’t

Normal pressure hydrocephalus is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease.

Normal pressure hydrocephalus is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease.

Why I Pretend to See What My Mother Sees

Personal Perspective: Some believe it's wrong to buy into the fabrications of dementia. I think not doing so is to exacerbate an already alienating and distressing disease.

Personal Perspective: Some believe it's wrong to buy into the fabrications of dementia. I think not doing so is to exacerbate an already alienating and distressing disease.

Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Slowed?

Extraordinary new studies of retina pathologies shine a light on neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Extraordinary new studies of retina pathologies shine a light on neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Sleep Medications for Insomnia: Limitations and Alternatives

Solutions to insomnia are not readily found in a bottle of sleeping pills. The problem is complex and frequently linked to other physical and mental disorders.

Solutions to insomnia are not readily found in a bottle of sleeping pills. The problem is complex and frequently linked to other physical and mental disorders.