The Latest Breaking News from Dementia

Those With Early Onset Dementia More Prone To Committing Suicide

People stricken by young onset dementia are up to seven times more likely to commit suicide, warns new research.

Zenger · Oct 8, 2022

Why walking speed is more important than hitting 10,000 steps per day

A faster pace showed positive outcomes for heart disease, cancer, dementia and death, over and above the total number of daily steps taken

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Man with undiagnosed dementia knocked down and killed woman, 61

William Sherlock mounted the curb and fatally injured the devoted grandmother

Wales Online · Oct 7, 2022

How eating oily fish could impact your brain health for the better, according to scientists

Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the blood have been linked to better thinking skills in mid-life

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Eating oily fish improves brain health – study

Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the blood have been linked to better thinking skills in mid-life.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Risk of suicide almost seven times higher after young onset dementia diagnosis

The risk is highest in the first three months after diagnosis

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Vicky McClure to return to BBC screens with Our Dementia Choir

The Nottingham choir will make a return to our screens

Nottingham Post · Oct 5, 2022

Line of Duty's Vicky McClure stuns Loose Women viewers with incredible hair transformation

Earlier this year she returned to our screens as Lana Washington in ITV's Tigger Point.

Daily Record · Oct 5, 2022

Steve Thompson's early dementia symptoms as rugby ace says success 'wasn't worth it'

Early onset dementia is caused by genetic mutations that run in families, but the disease may also be more pronounced by lifestyle factors, including athletes who have taken many traumatic injuries over their careers

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Wolves fan to walk 125 miles from Molineux to Stamford Bridge for charity

Manny Singh Kang, 49, will walk from Wolverhampton to Chelsea to raise money for Dementia UK.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022