Trial Of Curry Spice Component Suggests Memory Benefits
Scientists have found evidence that a component of the curry spice turmeric could hold benefits for the brains in healthy individuals over 50. The US…
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Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s Research UK Calls For Post-Brexit Plan To Protect Dementia Research
Brexit must not delay the development and delivery of the first life-changing treatment for people living with dementia. That was the message Alzheimer’s Research UK…
Read more...High Levels Of Salt Linked To Memory And Thinking Problems In Mice
Researchers in the US have found that feeding mice a high-salt diet led to memory problems that may be triggered by changes to the immune…
Read more...Curry Spice Holds Clues To Alzheimer’s Drug Targets
Californian researchers have shed more light on the action of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug based on a modified component of the curry spice turmeric. The…
Read more...Differences In Alzheimer’s Protein Could Predict How Fast Symptoms Progress
Scientists in the US have developed a new method to tease apart differences in the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, amyloid. By using these methods, the researchers…
Read more...Researchers Shed Light On How Alzheimer’s Processes Spread Through The Brain
Cambridge scientists have investigated the spread of the toxic tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease and a rare brain disease called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Published…
Read more...Experimental Diabetes Drug May Improve Alzheimer’s Signs In Mice
Researchers in China and the UK have tested an experimental diabetes treatment on mice with features of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published today in the…
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2018 Could be Year of no Return for Social care, Warns ADASS
Social care could pass the point of no return in 2018 unless the Government orders emergency action to support the sector ahead of any reforms…
Read more...Call for PM to Make Social Care a New Year Resolution
A social care provider is calling on the Prime Minister to make looking after our oldest and most vulnerable top of her New Year…
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Will a Salad a Day Keep Memory Problems Away? – Alzheimer’s Society comments
New research suggests that eating one or two servings per day of green, leafy vegetables may slow down the memory and thinking decline associated with…
Read more...Family To ‘Run For Roy’ To Raise Money For Dementia Research
The family and friends of a retired vicar who has dementia will be running at 11 parkruns in the UK and overseas on Saturday morning…
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Balhousie Care Group Supports Crystal Ball In Aid Of Alzheimer Scotland As It Rounds Off Hugely Successful Year
Staff from Balhousie Care Group rounded off a hugely successful year with a night out with their charity partner Alzheimer Scotland. Eleven Balhousie staff, including…
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FOI Replies Reveal Postcode Lottery Of Care – Alzheimer’s Society Comments
Responses to a Freedom of Information request to local authorities have revealed a worrying postcode lottery of care, Royal London has revealed. The insurance company…
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Elfing Around: New Century Care Staff Raise Awareness For The Alzheimer’s Society
New Century Care staff have unleashed their inner Christmas elf to help raise awareness for the Alzheimer’s Society. Staff at each of New Century Care’s…
Read more...1,400 People With Dementia Stranded In Hospital Over Christmas
At least 1,400 vulnerable people will spend Christmas on a hospital ward – well enough to go home, but trapped because of a social care…
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