Hippos in flight, doors drifting downstream and a fraught audition for Strictly Come Dancing are just some of the hallucinations which Grandpa had that I remember. All my life I had known him to be a ...

Not seeing the left (or right) side can occur with occipital or parietal lobe damage. In my last post, I mentioned how the parietal lobes help to focus attention, and that it is asymmetric. Although ...

Dear R.L.R.: The combination of auditory and olfactory hallucinations is suggestive of a neurological disorder, such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and the closely related LBD. You are right to be ...

Acadia Pharmaceuticals announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for the treatment of ...

Stand at attention for an off-kilter sign of this particular kind of dementia. Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills, and the ...

When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to ...

Recognizing the early signs of dementia can be challenging, especially when they seem like ordinary forgetfulness or mood changes. However, spotting these subtle red flags early can make a significant ...

Yet, amid this change, dementia remains one of the least understood and least taught conditions in both medical and ...