Alzheimer’s

New figures released today show the proportion of people dying with a diagnosis of dementia more than doubled in 13 years. According to reports published…

Staff and Partners at chartered accountants Price Bailey donned fancy dress and raised cash this week for the firm’s annual charity fun day in aid…

Dementia researchers based at The University of Nottingham have been awarded £13,000 of new funding from Alzheimer’s Research UK for state-of-the-art equipment that will help…

English teacher Peter Warr has been inspired to take on Alzheimer’s Research UK’s summer challenge, Running Down Dementia, after seeing his mum deteriorate from the…

Journal of Neuroscience: Youthful Brains in Older Adults: Preserved Neuroanatomy in the Default Mode and Salience Networks Contributes to Youthful Memory in Superaging Researchers from…

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has welcomed an announcement that dementia research projects across the UK will receive £45m from the…

This month marks the start of World Alzheimer’s Month, the global campaign to raise awareness of dementia and tackle stigma worldwide. World Alzheimer’s Day is…

Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling for access to EU funding programmes to be made a priority in Brexit negotiations, as a poll of dementia scientists…

Researchers from the UK and Mexico have revealed the presence of strongly magnetic magnetite nanoparticles in the human brain, with some previous research linking these…

The findings, published today in the journal Current Biology, shed light on the processes driving communication breakdown in the brain and identify a protein called…

A group of friends have teamed up to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK in memory of Southampton footballer Kevin Moore. Among the group is…

A new £6.9m study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) has been announced today that will…

Alzheimer’s Society responds to Simon ‘Mac’ McDermott’s heart-warming and inspiring videos of him and his dad, the ‘Songaminute’ Man. Singing in their very own carpool…

New research claims that calcium supplements may be associated with an increased risk of dementia in older women who have had a stroke or other…

Brave campaigner and novelist Valerie Blumenthal has been made a Champion of Alzheimer’s Research UK, for raising the profile of a rare form of dementia which…