Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease accounted for more than a tenth of the registered deaths in England and Wales in 2018, new figures show. Last year saw the highest number of
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Dame Barbara Windsor and husband Scott Mitchell have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to solve the dementia care crisis as they were named ambassadors of charity Alzheimer’s Society. The
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Detecting Alzheimer’s disease through a blood test has moved a step closer to clinical use. A new blood test is 94% accurate at identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise when age
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Nile Rodgers has signed up to help bring music to people suffering from dementia after witnessing how it “transformed” his mother. The man behind some of the biggest dance hits
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A national dementia fund should be set up, MPs have heard, as the Government said it wants to make “England the best country in the world for dementia care”. Independent
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The finalists of the eighth annual Scotland’s Dementia Awards have been announced. The awards, which are a partnership between Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Social services
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Living a healthy lifestyle is associated with offsetting a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to a new study. Research suggests the risk of developing dementia was 32% lower in
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A £135 million boost to research in healthcare has been announced by the Government. The funds will help researchers tackle the biggest challenges facing the sector including dementia, obesity and
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A woman with dementia has told how she was brutally attacked by a man at a roadside cafe and left with a broken eye socket despite wearing a badge saying
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People with dementia have spent almost £15 billion of their own money in the last two years waiting for Government care reforms, a charity has claimed. The Alzheimer’s Society said
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