England Team Played Match in Nameless Shirts to Raise Awareness of Dementia
The England men’s team took to the pitch against Switzerland in nameless shirts at the first ever Alzheimer’s Society International match to raise awareness of…
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Dementia Organisations Fly the Flag for Music as New Study Gets Underway
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has joined forces with Music for Dementia, a national campaign, to highlight music as a positive…
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Antibiotic Use in Midlife Associated with Memory and Thinking Decline in Women
Researchers in the US have found that chronic antibiotic use in women during middle age is linked with poorer cognition even seven years later. The…
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Charity Calls on Prime Minister to Convene ‘Dementia Taskforce’ to End Long Wait for Treatments
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has written to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, asking him to convene a new Dementia Medicines…
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Accelerated Deaths of People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Highlights Urgent Need for Funding
Alzheimer’s Research UK said more funding is needed for dementia research after figures reveal COVID-19 pandemic may have indirectly accelerated other causes of death, including…
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Dementia-Arts Collaboration Achieves Awards Success
Where the Arts Belong, a unique arts collaboration between dementia care specialist, Belong, and Liverpool contemporary arts centre, Bluecoat, has won the Creative Arts Award…
Read more...Gut Health Plays a Role in Alzheimer’s Development, New Study Says
A series of experiments presented today (Wednesday 2 March) at the Alzheimer’s Research UK 2022 Conference at the Brighton Centre, has implicated the health of…
Read more...Councils Could Face Budget Blackhole Amid Concerns About Underfunded Adult Social Care Reforms
Of the £36 billion the new UK-wide health and social levy will raise over the next three years, only £5.4 billion is to be ringfenced…
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Garfield Weston Foundation Awards £240,000 to Help Early Career Dementia Researchers
The Garfield Weston Foundation has dedicated funding to the UK’s leading dementia research charity, Alzheimer’s Research UK, to protect the next generation of scientists working
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New Study Predicts The Number Of People Living With Alzheimer’s Disease To Triple By 2050
A new study has revealed that global dementia cases are set to triple by 2050 – an estimated 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050.
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Welcome for extra £60m to aid care staff crisis
CARE providers today welcomed a £60m Government cash injection for the sector but wished it had come sooner. The Independent Care Group (ICG) says every…
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Over 41 million Cases of Dementia go Undiagnosed Across the Globe – World Alzheimer Report Reveals
A groundbreaking report has found that an estimated 41 million cases of dementia across the globe are undiagnosed, and new treatment breakthroughs could result in…
Read more...EMA Committee Refuses Licence for Alzheimer’s Drug Aducanumab in EU
A key committee for the European Medicines Agency has recommended refusing an application by the pharmaceutical company Biogen for a licence for the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab.
Read more...Experts Come Together to Put Brain Health at the Forefront of the Public Health Agenda
Across-sector consensus statement on brain health led by Alzheimer’s Research UK that aims to put the concept at the forefront of the public health agenda has been launched.
Read more...Potential Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s Show Promise in Mice
A team of scientists have developed a vaccine that reduces Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice with features of the disease. The scientific journal, Molecular Psychiatry, published…
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