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

It’s a shocking situation that’s stopping them from understanding their symptoms and locking them out of the support that they so desperately need. Thanks to years of groundbreaking work and your ...

Vascular dementia occurs when blood vessels that deliver blood to the brain become damaged. Our blood contains oxygen and nutrients that help the brain cells to work properly. When blood vessels are ...

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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Activities the person can engage with and enjoy might also help. These could include reminiscence therapy, spending time outside, and singing. Some people with dementia may find one of these therapies ...

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The success of future disease modifying treatments that aim to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease rely heavily on the ability to diagnose patients in the earlier stages of disease, before the ...

For the majority of people, genes are only one of many factors that may increase their risk of getting dementia. Other factors that affect our dementia risk include our age, lifestyle and environment.

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 ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies is the third most common disease that causes dementia. Both risk genes and faulty genes can be involved in dementia with Lewy bodies. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is ...