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You can call any of these for free. You do not need a diagnosis, an appointment, or a crisis to call — questions and plain exhaustion are reasons enough.

  • Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Free, confidential support and information for people with dementia, caregivers, families and the public. Master's-level clinicians. Also Spanish.
  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988 24/7 Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. For anyone in emotional distress or a mental-health crisis, including caregivers.
  • Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) Helpline 866-232-8484 9:00 am - 9:00 pm ET, seven days a week Licensed social workers providing support, info and referrals. Also text message and web chat. Text: 646-586-5283

In a medical emergency, call 911. More numbers, and what each line does, on the help page.

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Free to read, “May need a subscription” and “Archived copy”: what they mean

Whether an article is free to read is a guess, not a test of your access. Each item is one of three:

  • No label: free to read (303 of 347). The publisher’s page marks it free, or the outlet publishes free to read: Medical Xpress, ScienceDaily, NIH (incl. NIA and PMC), Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's News Today, NPR, Alzheimer's Disease International, or a .gov site.
  • May need a subscription (11 of 347). The publisher’s own page marks the article as not free to read, or — when the page says nothing — the outlet sells subscriptions: The New York Times, STAT, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Times, The Telegraph, New Scientist, Endpoints News, Science. Each badge says which.
  • “Free to read? Not known” (33 of 347). The outlet is on neither list and its page said nothing. We do not call these paywalled.

Archived copy links go to a copy the Internet Archive (web.archive.org) saved, dated the day it was saved. We show one only where the Internet Archive reported a working saved copy when we checked; an archived copy of a subscription article sometimes shows only its opening. 265 of 347 items have one.

Cardiometabolic risk factors in midlife impact risk for dementia

Healio

BOSTON — Vascular pathology and changes in midlife play a major role in brain health later in life, suggesting that reducing cardiometabolic risk factors may lower risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a speaker. …

Free to read? Not known for this outlet.

Read at Healio → Archived copy (23 Oct 2026), Internet Archive

ADHD linked to higher risk for cognitive impairment, dementia

Healio

Among people aged 50 years and older, ADHD was associated with a more than four-fold higher risk for cognitive impairment, according to research published in JAMA Psychiatry. …

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Read at Healio → Archived copy (16 Oct 2026), Internet Archive

Obesity linked to lower mortality risk in dementia

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Among people with dementia, having overweight or obesity at the time of diagnosis was associated with a lower risk for mortality, according to research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. …

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Read at Healio → Archived copy (15 Oct 2026), Internet Archive

Transient ischemic attack associated with higher dementia risk

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People who experienced transient ischemic attack had a higher risk for developing dementia than those who did not have one, and dementia rates in these patients were three times higher than stroke rates over the long term, according to researchers. …

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Read at Healio → Archived copy (2 Oct 2026), Internet Archive