Seeds of Alzheimer’s disease can potentially attach to surgical instruments and be transferred from one person to another during certain medical procedures, a study suggests. The findings provide the first
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The University of South Wales (USW) has become the country’s first institution of its kind to agree a formal partnership with a major dementia charity. At USW’s ‘Understanding Dementia 2015:
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A blood test for healthy ageing has been developed that could identify people who are growing old too fast and at risk of dementia. The genetic test is the first
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The newest and most innovative research around dementia currently being undertaken at Lancaster University will go on show next month. Lancaster University Centre for Ageing Research is staging the one-day,
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Fears of an Alzheimer’s explosion are unfounded, according to new research showing that dementia rates may be stabilising in the UK and other parts of Europe. Scientists found that the
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Can art improve quality of life and well-being for people living with dementia? Might it even have wider social and community benefits? And if it does make a difference, how
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This year has seen the publication of two reports highlighting the fact that dementia disproportionately affects women. (Alzheimer’s Disease International and Women and Dementia: a marginalised majority) Behind these important
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The last few years in the UK have been marked by a surge in interest in dementia from politicians. It dates from the dawning realisation that dementia costs more than
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Statins, anti-inflammatory drugs, alcoholic drinks and coffee have all been linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s, scientists have said. But diabetes, depression and high blood pressure can increase
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A near-complete human brain comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus has been grown in a laboratory dish. The brain “organoid” was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about
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