I’d like to introduce this study about centenarians which was published in June. This interesting study was conducted in China to...

I had the honor and privilege to present and attend at the 36th Global Conference of the Alzheimer’s Disease International in late April....

I’d like to introduce a new study＊１ conducted in the U.S and published last month. The study’s focus is on our brain volume. The...

Usually, I avoid writing very personal matters in this blog page, however, I would like to share this story with you. Recently, my...

This recent study *1 was conducted in the U.S. in order to investigate the prevalence of self-reported cognitive symptoms in...

My first blog of this year is about pets and dementia.  Let's start with a Japanese study that was published in October of last year....

On the New Year's Day in Japan, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture. As of Jan. 13th (Japan Time),...

The end of the year has arrived quickly. Now, December is a time when there are more social opportunities to drink alcohol at rituals...

During my stay in Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved the manufacture and sale of the new Alzheimer's drug...

I was back in Japan for a while from late September to early October. During my visit, I was honored to give a lecture at the Department...

In my previous blog, I introduced a study from Canada regarding physical exercise, cognitive training, and vitamin D intake. According to...

I would like to share with you this research report from Canada on exercise, cognitive training, and vitamin D *1. 175 people (mean age...

I previously wrote about this on my blog, but, on July 6, finally, Leqembi which targets amyloid beta, a new drug for Alzheimer's disease...

The other day I learned that vaccines for Alzheimer’s disease are possibly going to be available globally by the year 2030. Alzheimer’s...

The long-term care insurance system was established in 2000 for the purpose of reducing the burden on family members and providing...

In my Japanese book, I mentioned the study regarding mortality of sedentary time *1. One of the most common sedentary behaviors is...

Recently, I read this interesting study, which reports that people with positive age beliefs recovered from MCI (mild cognitive...

Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of Lecanemab, an anti-amyloid antibody for people with...

A long time ago, when I was working as a therapist at an Alzheimer's residential facility in San Francisco, I met this 80 year old lady...