Hilary Evans-Newton is the Chief Executive of Alzheimer’s Research UK. Hilary joined Alzheimer’s Research UK in 2013 and has overseen significant growth in income in recent years, which has ...

This work presents potentially important findings suggesting that a combination of transcranial stimulation approaches applied for a short period could improve memory performance after administration.

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of ... such as the posterior cingulum and precuneus, in MCI and AD. It is interesting that the same posteromedial cortices demonstrating altered ...

Find out what support is available from a GP when a person has dementia, including the role of the GP in dementia care. The GP can support a person even if they don't accept their diagnosis. General ...

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and represents the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease. For AD, disease-modifying treatments are presently lacking, and the ...

Alzheimer’s can cause distressing behaviors for both the person and caregivers. While not everyone with the condition will become aggressive, it’s important to know how to manage these symptoms.

A clinical trial has shown an online lifestyle intervention program can improve cognition in older adults, which researchers say could be used to reduce the number of people with dementia.

No cure has been found for Alzheimer’s disease, which isn’t considered a preventable condition. Anti-inflammatory diets may help slow the progression of the disease and also reduce the risk of ...

An inert and unreactive gas may not seem like an obvious candidate for treating Alzheimer's disease, yet a new study in mice suggests that xenon might just be the breakthrough we need. The new study ...

Languages: English. Taking too long to enter the phase of sleep in which we dream may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who ...

People who take longer to get to the dreaming part of the sleep cycle are more likely to develop dementia, a new study suggests. Taking longer to enter the dream phase — known as rapid eye ...