New Protein Linked To Early-Onset Dementia Identified
Researchers have established a first potential therapeutic target for a type of early-onset dementia. Scientists have identified abnormal aggregates of a protein called TAF15 in…
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Dementia
Risk of Young Onset Dementia Linked to Health and Lifestyle as Well as Genetics
A new study suggests that a wide range of risk factors, including health and lifestyle factors, could be linked to young onset dementia. Researchers in…
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Chesterfield Student’s 12 Days Of Singing For Dementia Charity
A DERBYSHIRE schoolboy has been singing in care homes across the region in the run up to Christmas to raise funds for a dementia charity….
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NICE Gets Ready To Assess New Dementia Treatments
Recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the disease have begun to shed light on its complex nature and new treatments have begun to emerge including…
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Dementia Is “The UK’s Biggest Killer” Research Reveals
New analysis from Alzheimer’s Research UK, has confirmed that dementia continues to be the UK’s leading cause of death, accounting for more than one in…
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Residents Engage In Rural Reminiscences
Residents at Yeovil’s newest care home have been transported back through the years with a visit from Jan Millward of Rural Reminiscences. The group at…
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Liverpool Football Club Memories Captured In App To Support Fans Living With Dementia
LFC Foundation and Forever Reds have come together with National Museums Liverpool to help create first-of-its-kind interactive app content to support Liverpool FC fans living…
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Getting Routines Right for People Living with Dementia
By Bernadette Mossman, Healthcare Director at Vida Healthcare (https://vidahealthcare.co.uk) Amidst 55 million global dementia cases and 10 million new diagnoses annually, emphasising specialised care routines…
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Staff At Parley Place Care Home Elf Themselves For Elf Day!
Staff at Parley Place Care Home in West Parley swapped their uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day and enjoyed a visit from some new…
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Heart-Breaking Christmas For People With Dementia As One In Three Left Cut Off
Christmas will never be same for 65% of current carers who say dementia has “robbed” them of a carefree and joyful festive season, a new…
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Diabetes And Dementia Management At The Heart Of New Guideline
Latest guidance published by an award-winning diabetes nursing organisation ensures that people with diabetes and dementia will benefit from care tailored to both conditions. Diabetes…
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Former Scottish International Backs Call to Classify Heading as Industrial Injury
Former professional footballer and manager, Alex McLeish is supporting the growing demand for heading a football to be classified as an industrial injury. The call…
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Local Man Inspires Choir To Raise Over £700 For Alzheimer’s UK
A man who inspired the Taunton Male Voice Choir in Somerset to stage a fundraising concert in aid of Alzheimer’s UK in Oake on Saturday…
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NHS Dementia Diagnosis Rates At Three-Year High
The NHS is diagnosing tens of thousands more people with dementia since the start of the pandemic, thanks to NHS recovery efforts.
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Lord Cameron Steps Down As Alzheimer’s Research UK’s President
Following his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Lord Cameron has stepped down as President of Alzheimer’s Research UK. He…
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