In September 2024, over 14,000 eager scientists, researchers, and observers attended the Five-day Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC). The purpose of this annual assembly is to showcase the most recent advances in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia. A “Key Takeaway” From AAIC: New Blood Biomarkers Offer Earliest Diagnosis The new tests were embraced as […]
Good news! Like a disobedient dog, when the word on the tip of your tongue won’t come when you call, that doesn’t mean it’s gone for good. We’re OK as long as it eventually comes back! _______ The inability to find that previously-known word that is now on the “tip of your tongue” (TOT) is […]
The Premise The authors (from Harvard, Berkeley, and MIT) of this June 2024 article in the journal Nature “bring recent evidence from neuroscience and allied disciplines to argue that in modern humans, language is a tool for communication, contrary to a prominent view that we use language for thinking.” They further propose that “language is […]
The Problem: Do you find yourself leaning into the computer monitor on your desk, squinting to read, fooling with display fonts, and taking more breaks? The Explanation: Presbyopia is the gradual loss of your eyes’ ability to focus on nearby objects, a natural, often annoying part of aging. To compensate we rely on improving our […]
Ever since Alois Alzheimer dissected his patient’s brain in at the turn of the 20th century the assumed primary mechanism underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) was the proliferation of amyloid protein in the brain with associated destruction of neural tissue and pathways. That focus on amyloid led to the development and recent approval of drugs that […]
There are a lot of positives in my life. To quote the character Brian Plummer in the Denzel Washington movie “The Equalizer 2” (2018): “Today I broke a personal best: successive days alive” Originally Published on https://agingoralzheimers.com/
You can’t find more than one person to bid on a job around the house. No one calls you back. The one person who does becomes your only option. Fortunately, in this post-COVID age, simply calling back has so far been a decent measure of quality. Originally Published on https://agingoralzheimers.com/
Regarding the phrase “senior moments”: I doubt that the majority of the time that phrase is used, the intent is to belittle. However, a significant portion of my boomer brothers and sisters find that term distasteful. At least consider adding this one to the expanding list of unconscious biases we really should be shedding. For […]
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. I’m not kidding about pursuing “Cognitive Impairment Associated with Aging” as a specifically named member of the disabilities covered under the ADA. Include us with our younger brothers and sisters with […]
Maybe there is a way to change how we are perceived and treated by identifying ourselves as verbally handicapped or memory-challenged before we speak. The absence of a white cane, walker or wheelchair, dark glasses, or a service dog does not guarantee our acceptance, physical safety, or freedom from exploitation. How about those “communication cards” […]
