By Selen Ozturk Stigma around Alzheimer’s disease — the second-leading cause of death in California — prevents many communities from getting help. In response, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is launching Take on Alzheimer’s, a new campaign to reduce the stigma by teaching Californians how to spot the disease and what to do ...

By Dianne Anderson Whatever keeps the community up at night – or makes them pull the covers over their head to not face the day – probably won’t surface for years to come, but Dr. Karen Lincoln sees where it starts in the early stages through brain imaging. In and of itself, she said it’s ...

By Dianne Anderson Like a lot of people growing up in the old school under heavy-handed parents, a pop upside the head was considered par for the course. But for Andrea Robert, 15 years of child abuse left her with a brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, which has led her to tell everyone she meets ...

By Dianne Anderson Watching a parent or grandparent lose their memory and their judgment is hard enough, but for family members that step up to the task of the caretaker, it can cause burnout, fatigue, and financial burden. Like other health areas, Alzheimer’s strikes the Black and Brown community harder, with obstacles to access help. ...