Dementia Deaths Among Women at Highest Level in Five Years
Alzheimer’s Society have warned dementia is taking a growing and disproportionate toll on women, after new analysis found deaths among women in England and Wales have climbed…
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Research
Scientists Discover Mechanism For Brain Cell Death In Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists at King’s College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute have made a significant advance in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) damage the brain.
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New Research Points to Fresh Understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists in the United States have proposed a new theory that could reshape understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops, offering potential new directions for future treatments and research.
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NIHR Researchers Recognised in 2026 King’s Honours
Several NIHR researchers have received awards in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours, recognising their significant contributions to health and social care.
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Funding Scheme Launched To Speed-Up Innovative Health Research
A multi-million pound initiative to help speed up the development and testing of health and social care innovations has today been announced. The NIHR Innovation…
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The Perfume Shop Raises Over £2 Million for Vital Dementia Research
The Perfume Shop celebrated reaching £1 million in 2023, which means it has more than doubled this figure in the past three years.
Read more...New Research Identifies Potential Target to Reduce Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists have identified a promising new therapeutic target that could help reduce the harmful brain inflammation associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from…
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Dementia Frontiers Fund Backs 12 International Teams to Tackle the Toughest Challenges in Dementia
Twelve international research teams are competing for £1.5 million in finance from the Dementia Frontiers Fund after being awarded seed funding to accelerate their boldest…
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New ‘Brain Hearing’ Test Could Transform Early Dementia Diagnosis, Study Shows
A hearing test measuring how the brain processes sound, rather than how well the ears detect it, could help diagnose dementia, according to researchers at the UCL…
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Boots Hearingcare Joins Alzheimer’s Research UK to Raise Awareness Of Hearing Loss And Dementia Risk
Nearly half of all dementia cases could be prevented by tackling 14 modifiable health and lifestyle factors — yet one of the most significant, hearing…
Read more...This Daily Habit Could Lower Dementia Risk By 35%, Research Reveals
A new long-term US study has suggested that moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee and tea could help reduce the risk of dementia later in life,…
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Care England Launches Second National Report in Partnership with Log my Care — ‘How Families Find and Choose Care’
New research from Log my Care, in partnership with Care England, reveals how families navigate the early stages of choosing care, and why trust is…
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Activating Your Brain While Sitting Helps Reduce Dementia Risk Study Reveals
Care home activity coordinators and nursing staff may need to reconsider how they think about residents’ downtime, following the publication of compelling new research showing…
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Researchers Call for Major Changes to Tackle Recruitment Crisis in Care Work
Care work must be urgently reframed as essential, skilled labour and not a ‘natural’ extension of women’s roles if the recruitment crisis is to be…
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Music, Movement and Interaction Programme Boosts Care Home Wellbeing, Research Finds
A digital music and movement programme has been shown to improve wellbeing for both care home residents and staff, according to new research led by…
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