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How to Have Sex on Your Deathbed
Just because you're slowly dying of a terminal illness doesn't mean you're not thinking about sex.
If Sydney Seau Doesn't Speak Out Against the NFL, Someone Else Will
Junior Seau's daughter says she won't mention the NFL's concussion cover-up during her father's Hall of Fame induction. If Canton-caliber players are more likely to end up with CTE, will the silence last?
What Watching My Granddad Spiral into Dementia Has Taught Me About Life and Love
A few years ago, my grandad started to forget things. Since then, I've spent a lot of time figuring out how to cope with his decline.
Talking to David Baddiel About the Comedy in Dementia
Baddiel's father was recently diagnosed with Pick's disease, an aggressive form of dementia. We spoke to the writer and stand-up about using this—as well as his mother's affair and sudden death— as material for his new show.
Loneliness, Friendship, and Threesomes
Much of photographer Isadora Kosofsky's art takes the aged as its subject, with perhaps her most famous project being The Three, a photo essay following a love triangle among three seniors living in different care facilities in Los Angeles.
We Spoke to Playwright Rose Lewenstein About Memory, Personality, and 'Bad Jews'
"If someone can't remember something, did it actually happen? I don't know the answer, but it's an interesting thing to think about. It's something that no one will ever know."
Ordering Your Steak Well-Done Can Impact Your Brain Health
Studies have confirmed the carcinogenic effects of a diet high in grilled and well-done meat—but now scientists think there are dementia and Alzheimer's ties, too.
Loneliness, Friendship, and Threesomes: Isadora Kosofsky's Intimate Portraits of the Elderly
We talked to the photographer about living among her subjects, connecting with the elderly, and contemporary loneliness.
'It Feels Like The Game Is Rigged': Why Former Players Are Worried About The NFL Concussion Settlement
Did the lawyer for the players collude with the NFL and screw his clients over in the process? There is reason to wonder if he did.
NFL Players Didn't Know the Dangers of Playing Football and Neither Did Anyone Else
The argument remains that NFL players knew the dangers of playing football, but decades of reports show that no one—players included—knew the full scope of the danger.
How Virtual Reality Could Help Diagnose Dementia
Instead of video games, this new virtual reality system catches dementia.
America Needs Alzheimer’s Funding Now
While the National Institute of Health spends $3 billion a year on AIDS research, and nearly $4.9 billion on cancer, for Alzheimer’s it spends only $500 million, an enormous drop off for an illness that is already widespread and growing rapidly.