Inflammation Keeps Us Alive. It’s Also Making Us Sick.
Traditionally, we have sorted diseases into categories, separating contagious from noncontagious illnesses; acute events like strokes from chronic…
ABC New York anchor Bill Ritter’s wife describes confronting him over Alzheimer’s symptoms
Bill Ritter’s wife, Kathleen Friery, was “nervous” to confront her husband when she began noticing Alzheimer’s symptoms. The…
Hero pilot Capt. Sully Sullenberger shares heartbreaking health update
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the “Hero of the Hudson” who safely landed a US Airways flight in the…
ABC New York anchor Bill Ritter reveals Alzheimer’s signs he noticed 2 years pre-diagnosis
Bill Ritter started “forgetting people’s names and places” two years before his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The ABC New York…
ABC New York anchor Bill Ritter reveals symptoms he experienced years before Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Veteran ABC New York news anchor Bill Ritter said he started “forgetting people’s names and places” two years…
Alzheimer’s patient recovers speech, continence and memory with this drug
What a trip. After a decade of cognitive and functional decline, an 80-year-old patient with advanced Alzheimer’s disease…
Medicare pilot program offers dementia care, support to Staten Island families
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Islanders diagnosed with or caring for a loved one with dementia have the…
Brain Health Challenge: Test Your Knowledge of Healthy Habits
Welcome to the Brain Health Challenge! I’m Dana Smith, a reporter at The New York Times, and I’ll…
Sniffing your own farts boosts brain power: study
Go ahead and get a good whiff of your own farts — scientists say it could help guard…
Alzheimer’s risk declines sharply with one daily lifestyle change, researchers say
Increasing physical activity in midlife or later may reduce the chances of developing dementia by up to 45%, according to…
Drugs like Ozempic linked to annoying new side effect: study
New research suggests that drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy might trigger more than just a slimmer waistline. Many…