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World Alzheimer’s Month: 7 things you might not know about dementia

Experts explain some lesser-known facts about the condition. By Katie Wright.

The Independent UK

Keyboards strike memory chord among dementia patients

Research from Casio found 79% of music therapists working in care homes saw an improvement in memory recall among patients.

The Independent UK

As China's population ages, the one-child policy generation face an obligation they can't fulfil

For China's one-child-policy generation, social pressure to care for their ageing parents is creating extreme anxiety and forcing some to forgo having children of their own.

ABC News

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Lanarkshire gran's Alzheimer's left her 'a shell of what she was' as brave family speak out

Megan Tumilty and her boyfriend will do a nine-mile route around the town, past areas that were particularly significant in her grandmother's life. Her nana passed away in 2021.

Glasgow Live

Jan Dewing obituary

Other lives: Nurse and academic best known for her work on person-centred approaches to dementia care

The Guardian - UK

Dementia risk can be increased by watching TV while sitting, study warns

What you do while relaxing can increase your dementia risk, according to new research.

Daily Record

Carer son of brave Scots dementia mum shares pride for her 'strong heart'

Alastair Clunie has opened up on the tough journey his family has been through after Mary Kathleen was diagnosed in 2019.

Daily Record

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Bearsden man on heartbreak of caring for mum with dementia as he takes on challenge to raise funds

Alastair Clunie's mother Mary Kathleen Clunie, 85, has lived with dementia for three years with Alastair acting as her full time carer. He is now preparing to walk through Glasgow to raise awarenessand funds for the condition.

Glasgow Live

Athlete, 22, will try to swim from Europe to Asia in memory of his grandfather

Louis Alexander from London has dedicated his life to raising money for dementia research after his grandfather died.

The Independent UK

'High risk' man found wandering around Merseyside town

The man with dementia disappeared on Bank Holiday Monday

Liverpool Echo

Daughter details the cruel impact dementia had on mum during her final years

Erika Allen is hoping to raise awareness by telling her mum's story and hopes other families won't have to make the same tough decisions in the future.

Daily Record

Urgent appeal to find missing dementia-hit pensioner, 88, last seen getting on bus

The 88-year-old lives in supported living and was last seen in Leigh

Manchester Evening News

Policeman helps retired traffic officer with dementia ‘relive’ his past

‘Just seeing Geoff smiling made it all worthwhile,’ West Midlands police officer says

The Independent UK

Watching TV while sitting has direct impact on dementia risk, warns study

Being physical fit and eating a healthy diet will help to reduce a number of age-related diseases, but what you do in your leisure times may be just as important. A new study has found how you spend your while when sitting could either help or hinder your dementia risk

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Mayo Clinic expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk

ROCHESTER, Minn. — More than 55 million people worldwide are believed to be living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. Ronald Petersen, M.D., a neurologist and director of Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, says you can't prevent dementia, but you can reduce your risk.

Liverpool Echo

'I've got the memories for her': couple's unbreakable bond in face of incurable condition

Brenda and Robin Baynes met as teenagers and are facing their toughest challenge with love and determination

Nottingham Post

Sneinton man's hope to give carers the respite they're 'dying for' with new multipurpose app

The app was made with hopes to give careers the respite they're 'dying for' and is multipurposed

Benzinga

Recap Of Thursday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced positive top-line data from the Phase 3 clinical trial RENOIR investigating its bivalent RSV prefusion F vaccine candidate, RSVpreF, when administered to adults 60 years of age or older. Pfizer, Inc. shares traded in a range of $47.27 to $47.95 on day volume of 14.45 million shares, closed…

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The Conversation

Dogs can get dementia – but lots of walks may lower the risk

Dogs get dementia too. But it’s often difficult to spot. Research published today shows how common it is, especially in dogs over ten years old.

Daily Record

Michael Mosley explains diet that could 'ward off dementia' with super shake

The green Mediterranean diet may help protect from a cause of dementia called brain atrophy.

The Guardian - UK

Dogs’ risk of canine dementia rises by more than 50% each year, study finds

Large study could aid diagnosis in dogs and improve understanding of age-related illness in humans

Inverse

Alzheimer's disease has no cure — but unproven treatments claim otherwise

Frustrated by a lack of mainstream medical treatments, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients look to unproven alternatives that promise to end and reverse these incurable diseases.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh woman desperate to help gran after 'difficult' dementia diagnosis

Desperate to aid her chosen charity, Alzheimer's Scotland, Kirstin said the organisation have done incredible work supporting people such as her gran, 77, who was diagnosed in 2020.

Daily Mirror

'Brain shrinkage' and fatal illness linked to bad heart health in your 30s, researchers warn

A new study from University College London shows that the road to developing a dementia-related disease could start in your early 30s, with poor heart health linked to extreme brain ageing.

Dublin Live

Dubliners urged to walk together for friends and neighbours living with Alzheimer’s

An estimated 16,967 people live with dementia in Dublin

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