Alzheimer’s

Southampton Notary Caroline Coats and Alzheimer’s Research UK hosted an event on Saturday 17 March on planning for the future for older people. The event…

Swedish researchers have found that middle-aged women with high levels of physical fitness have a reduced risk of developing dementia. The findings are published today…

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has hailed the announcement of £40 million capital funding for the UK Dementia Research Institute (DRI),…

Son of a woman living with Alzheimer’s praises Sainsbury’s for supporting his mum during the latter months of her employment. Doron Salomon posted a heartfelt thread…

US scientists have found that high levels of cholesterol in people over the age of 85 is linked with a reduced decline in memory and…

A new research review, conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire, has identified that the cognitive areas where women usually have the upper hand…

Abstract from AAN Annual Meeting: Relationship Between Central and Peripheral Presbycusis and Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Population-based Study of Southern Italy: The “Great Age…

Bobby Seagull, who rose to fame on the 2016/17 series of University Challenge, is calling on people to run their own Mighty Quiz for Alzheimer’s…

Researchers in the US have used genetic techniques to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s in mice that show features of the disease. The study, which…

Old Fools by Tristan Bernays (Boudica Shakespeare’s Globe 2017) will hit the stage at Southwark Playhouse from 14 March to 7 April, with the production choosing to raise funds…

Scientists from the University of Southampton have teamed up with researchers from the University of Oxford to look at whether existing drugs for arthritis have…

Researchers from the University of Exeter have explored the use of an interventional-type care approach in UK care homes, finding it improves the lives of…

Care provider, Hallmark Care Homes is joining forces with Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity this year in an effort to defeat dementia…

Scientists in the US have found that electrically stimulating regions of the brain in three people with Alzheimer’s disease was safe and appeared to show…

Scientists from the US have found a link between certain biological fingerprints thought to indicate early stages of Alzheimer’s and sleep disturbances. Their findings are…