Millions of Americans support loved ones with dementia. While dementia caregiving can be rewarding, it can also be challenging — particularly if your loved one presents with signs of dementia. “Having ...

When words fade due to dementia, talking to the people you love becomes more difficult. Fortunately, support is available.

This year's winner in NPR's College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including ...

Experts have flagged several over-the-counter and prescription medications. By Dana G. Smith If you look inside your medicine cabinet, there’s likely some good news and bad news when it comes to brain ...

Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colours while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is a ...

Frank Poulsen has dementia, and like many people with memory loss, he often feels self-conscious in social situations. It can be embarrassing, he says, when he loses his train of thought or when ...

Some vaccines, along with heart medications and other drugs, appear to have a protective benefit. By Dana G. Smith Getting your annual flu shot may come with a significant side benefit: helping to ...

Few experiences are more emotionally and psychologically taxing than feeling that you don’t matter. You might sense it when you’re talked over in a meeting, when no one asks for your opinion, when you ...

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is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. One of the most mortifying things about ...