New study of longer term use of gantenerumab may indicate it can delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms in people with a ...

Since its creation in 2012, NHSE has operated with independence to reduce political interference in the daily running of ...

Last year, the Lancet Commission found evidence that visual impairment caused by cataracts and diabetic retinopathy were ...

The word dementia is used to describe a group of symptoms. These include: memory loss confusion changes to communication mood and behaviour. These symptoms affect day-to-day life. Dementia is caused ...

After a dementia diagnosis, many people and their families want to know what to expect from the future. But right now, doctors don’t have ways to predict how an individual’s dementia may progress.

If you already have a place in this event but would like to support Alzheimer’s Research UK, we’d love to have you on the team! There’s no minimum sponsorship target and we can provide help and ...

Most of us forget things every day, like people’s names or where we put our keys, but this is not necessarily a sign of dementia. In dementia, memory loss is more serious than forgetting things every ...

Directly inherited dementia is rare, but in around three in every 10 people with FTD a strong family history of the condition is known. In these cases the cause is likely to be genetic. This is known ...

Although often thought of as a condition that only affects older people, it is estimated that around 70,800 people with dementia in the UK are under 65. The word dementia is used to describe a group ...

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Many of our scientists are focussed on developing treatments that can slow down or stop the diseases that cause dementia. This work is vital, as currently there are no drugs available on the NHS that ...