Pin-prick blood tests that detect possible precursors of Alzheimer’s disease are becoming available – but is it right to label people who will never develop the disease?A Guardian article "When is the correct time to diagnose dementia?" expands on this…
People who exercise throughout their lives have a better chance of avoiding dementia – even if they show signs of diseases like Alzheimer’s, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Tens of thousands of UK dementia patients are to be enrolled in clinical trials designed to dramatically speed up the hunt for a cure. Read the news of this scheme in The Guardian article "Tens of thousands of UK dementia…
A Swedish research team found that higher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with a decreased dementia risk, as outlined in this Guardian article.
A Guardian article outlines how this can be achieved by addressing and modifying various risk factors beginning in childhood and continuing throughout life, as the Lancet commission on dementia said. Researchers name 14 factors for people to address to ‘hugely’ reduce risk…
This Guardian article suggests that having two copies of a gene variant does not only increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, but is a cause of it. For Dr Victor Montal, a co-author from Barcelona Supercomputing Center, this changes the understanding…
Sonia Sodha’s article ‘Will this brutally honest look at dementia finally get us talking or will we turn away?’ (Observer, Sunday 31 March) considers the Alzheimer’s Society latest advert which she describes as “shocking, but it tells the harsh reality…
The latest advert by the Alzheimer’s Society is being discussed in an Observer article.According to the writer, the advert by the Alzheimer’s Society is shocking, but it tells the harsh reality about the disease that is the leading cause of…
Researchers from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to reveal that diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are the most harmful out of 15 modifiable risk factors…
Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents, suggests study as explained in this Guardian article.Handful of patients who received human growth hormone from deceased donors in now-banned practice went on to develop signs.