Alzheimer’s Research UK’s new report. Ready for the Cure: A blueprint for UK leadership in dementia research, sets out the action needed to build on recent progress and cement the UK’s position…
Women have a dementia problem. Across the US and most of Europe, women are around twice as likely as men to develop dementia. In the UK, Alzheimer’s and other forms…
The mechanism is straightforward. As amyloid plaques accumulate, neurons phosphorylate the tau protein at position 217, and a measurable fraction of that modified protein crosses into the blood. The concentration…
If you or a loved one lives with dementia, caring for yourself in the summer come with some specific needs! Kaci, got the details from Kim Logan at Heritage Green…
WHILE attending a geriatric conference in Kuala Lumpur recently, I had a conversation with a highly respected and compassionate geriatrician. She shared that her hospital’s CEO had instructed her to…
The terms “Alzheimer’s” and “dementia” are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. But experts note that there are differences between Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. While Alzheimer’s disease…
Noticing gradual changes in a loved one’s memory, language or thinking skills can naturally be stressful for any family. Thankfully, modern public health research is focusing more than ever on…
GPs could soon be able to offer patients a ‘simple blood test’ to detect Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers up to 20 years before clinical symptoms appear, in a major step towards…
A new machine-learning approach that examines brain activity during sleep may help identify people with an elevated risk of developing dementia. The research was led by scientists at UC San…
The power of nature to improve wellbeing for people with dementia is being explored as part of a collaborative research project in lutruwita/Tasmania, report Georgia McGrath and Dr Pauline Marsh…