Weight Gain And Loss May Worsen Dementia Risk In Older People
Older people who experience significant weight gain or weight loss could be raising their risk of developing dementia, suggests a study from Korea published today…
Read more...Older people who experience significant weight gain or weight loss could be raising their risk of developing dementia, suggests a study from Korea published today…
Read more...Researchers at the University of Southampton have received a boost of £50,000 from Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. The announcement comes…
Read more...Older adults who regularly take part in word and number puzzles have sharper brains, according to the largest online study to date. The more regularly…
Read more...“As a cross party group of MPs committed to improving support for people with dementia, we are calling for concerted government action to tackle the…
Read more...Researchers in the US have reviewed the latest evidence that a protein TDP-43 is implicated in a new disease process called Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK scooped the top prize in the Large Charity category at The Running Awards earlier this month. Having taken bronze last year and…
Read more...A specially designed mobile phone game can detect people at risk of Alzheimer’s – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers…
Read more...Estimates on the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease could be well below the actual number, according to an expert. Dr Clifford Jack, an…
Read more...Nature Neuroscience: Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits New US research has shown that a non-invasive brain stimulation procedure could…
Read more...The UK’s leading event for dementia is on 7–8 June 2019 at Olympia London. The two-day conference and exhibition is designed to provide help, resources,…
Read more...A team of US researchers have found that a drug, lonafarnib, is able to decrease brain shrinkage and reduce the build-up of tau in mice….
Read more...A care home has praised the “dedicated” efforts of one of its workers to smash the target of raising over a thousand pounds for the…
Read more...A shorter reproductive window in women linked to increased dementia risk Neurology: Reproductive period and risk of dementia in a diverse cohort of health care…
Read more...International experts have today (Wednesday 20 March) presented research indicating that dementia incidence rates may be falling by up to 15% decade on decade. The…
Read more...Researchers in France studying UK civil servants have suggested that people with a healthier midlife diet are as likely to develop dementia 20 years later….
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