Dear Carol: My husband of 43 years has been diagnosed with dementia. We were fortunate to have a good marriage based on trust and integrity, as well as honest communication. Unfortunately, he’s ...

Have you ever told a story or remembered an event that didn’t exactly happen, but believed it to be true? If so, you may have glimpsed what psychologists call confabulation. This fascinating term ...

I’m taken back to my internship in 1964 at the city hospital of Houston, Texas. An alcoholic patient presented to the emergency room. Taking his history yielded grandiose, authoritative, almost ...