Scientists at King’s College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute have made a significant advance in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) damage the brain.
Read more...Scientists in the United States have proposed a new theory that could reshape understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops, offering potential new directions for future treatments and research.
Read more...Several NIHR researchers have received awards in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours, recognising their significant contributions to health and social care.
Read more...A multi-million pound initiative to help speed up the development and testing of health and social care innovations has today been announced. The NIHR Innovation…
Read more...The Perfume Shop celebrated reaching £1 million in 2023, which means it has more than doubled this figure in the past three years.
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced its largest ever single funding round, committing £9.5 million to 25 new research projects across the United Kingdom in a…
Read more...Nearly half of all dementia cases could be prevented by tackling 14 modifiable health and lifestyle factors — yet one of the most significant, hearing…
Read more...People across Kent and Medway are set to benefit from faster, more accessible dementia diagnosis, as innovative new research is announced. This Dementia Action Week,…
Read more...Care home activity coordinators and nursing staff may need to reconsider how they think about residents’ downtime, following the publication of compelling new research showing…
Read more...Care work must be urgently reframed as essential, skilled labour and not a ‘natural’ extension of women’s roles if the recruitment crisis is to be…
Read more...A digital music and movement programme has been shown to improve wellbeing for both care home residents and staff, according to new research led by…
Read more...Scientists in the United States have identified a blood-based protein marker capable of indicating a woman’s likelihood of developing dementia up to 25 years before…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has backed Baroness Casey’s calls for the Government to show leadership and prioritise dementia, including funding trials for treatments for dementia. Welcoming…
Read more...Researchers are set to transform the way complex care needs are managed, following a major £17.9 million joint investment by the National Institute for Health…
Read more...A new report has revealed that families want real-time updates on care, but many are still in the dark, the new UK research, and has…
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