Find out about five major findings of dementia research over the years, including new treatments and potential ways of diagnosing dementia. Click on each box for more information. 1. The discovery of ...

Alzheimer’s Research UK supporter, Frank Rothwell, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his charitable services to dementia research. The Oldham Athletic owner was ...

This week the Government revealed its Spending Review - we dive into what the settlement means for progress on dementia.

Prof Sir John Hardy, Vice President of Alzheimer’s Research UK, outlines how the UK can continue to drive progress towards a ...

There’s been a leap in potential new medicines being tested in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s, according to a new annual ...

Right now, there isn’t a cure for people with dementia. But hope is on the horizon with lecanemab and donanemab – the first Alzheimer’s treatments licensed in Britain that can slow down the disease, ...

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 ...

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Our brains control everything we think, feel, remember and do. There are diseases that stop a person’s brain from working properly. When a person has one of these diseases, they may have problems with ...

Obesity is a medical term used to describe carrying an excess amount of body fat which affects a person’s health. It is measured in a few different ways. One way is with Body Mass Index (BMI), where a ...