BBC Morning Live star Dr Xand has explained the key symptoms of dementia as the number of UK cases is expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. Speaking to TV presenters Helen Skelton and Gordon ...

My dad has vascular dementia, the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, caused by reduced blood flow ...

“It is caused by a build-up of proteins in the brain which affect how the brain cells transmit messages,” explains Fay Valentine, admiral nurse at Dementia UK. “As time passes, more and more ...

The ONS recently published data confirming that dementia and Alzheimer’s disease remains the leading cause of death in England and Wales. With nearly one million people living with the condition in ...

People living with dementia and their loved ones can access free specialist care hosted by a building society. Nationwide and Dementia UK have teamed up to bring face-to-face dementia care to ...

More than 850,000 people are living with dementia in the UK, with numbers expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. There are many different types of the condition, such as Alzheimer’s and ...

Researchers determine the differential risk of dementia among men and women based on the presence of obstructive sleep apnea.

Nov. 6, 2024 — Older people who are sleepy during the day or lack enthusiasm for activities due to sleep issues may be more likely to develop a syndrome that can lead to dementia, according to a new ...

"Weekend warrior" exercise habits could help keep dementia at bay ... is predicted to increase by around 75 percent in the UK and other countries in Western Europe and by around 200 percent ...

In turn, most of these infections associated with brain atrophy seem to be risk factors for dementia, according to the researchers’ analyses of the UK Biobank data of 495,896 subjects and a ...

The following year, in February 2023, they confirmed that Bruce Willis' condition had progressed and that they had a definitive diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, aka FTD, a degenerative ...

In 2020, it was estimated that around 9.7 percent of women and 6.9 percent of men in Canada aged 65 years and older were living with dementia. By the year 2050, these figures are expected to ...