A survey has revealed that people generally become more comfortable discussing death as they get older. The same research also revealed a disparity between the number of people who say they feel comfortable discussing death and those who have begun ...

A study led by researchers in Chicago has explored how our lifestyle choices could influence our risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers analysed health data from 2,351 volunteers. They looked for a link between the number of healthy lifestyle factors ...

The work, funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, calls for a fresh focus on how research is conducted, including new approaches to clinical trials and incentives for scientists to increase collaboration to bring about potential treatments faster. The review is published ...

New analysis of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill identifies problematic assumptions that could lead to badly implemented law. The analysis of government’s impact assessment identifies a range of concerns that could result in: Dilution of human rights with the mechanisms for ...

Researchers in Finland have found that women who receive hormone replacement therapy are at slightly higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s. The findings are published in the scientific journal, BMJ. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is commonly offered to help relieve symptoms ...

– Occupancy rates hit record high – – Continues to see loss in beds year-on-year- Care home occupancy rates are at the highest levels ever recorded after a sixth consecutive year of increase and combined with another year of a ...

Research published in the journal BMJ Open has identified the key signs and symptoms that expert doctors use to recognise when terminally ill patients are imminently dying. The findings come from researchers, led by Dr Nicola White, at the Marie ...

Researchers in the US have found that people with Alzheimer’s disease who had also been treated with antidiabetic medication, have fewer signs of abnormal gene activity in an area of the brain involved in memory. The findings are published today ...

Researchers in Denmark have found a link between the condition pre-eclampsia, which occurs during pregnancy, and an increased risk of dementia. The findings are published today (17 October) in the scientific publication, The BMJ. Pre-eclampsia is a condition that affects ...

Researchers in the UK have suggested that spontaneous errors or ‘mutations’ in the genetic code could explain cases of dementia that are not inherited. The findings are published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Genes are the instructions for making ...