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Can brain training really shave ten years off brain ageing, as a recent study suggests?

A ten-week online brain training programme helped older adults’ brains act as though they were a decade younger, a recent study has found.

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Sally Kirkland Dementia Battle: Actress in Hospice After 'Fall in the Shower' Injured Ribs and Foot

Oscar-nominated actress Sally Kirkland, 84, is receiving hospice care in Palm Springs after a fall worsened her dementia battle. The Anna star is surrounded by friends as Hollywood pays tribute to her extraordinary life and legacy.

International Business Times UK

Oscar-nominated actor Sally Kirkland enters hospice care amid ‘significant health crisis’

Kirkland has been living with dementia for the past year

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Hollywood icon Sally Kirkland enters hospice care

Anna actress Sally Kirkland has entered hospice care amid a dementia battle.

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Jay Leno likes looking after wife Mavis during dementia battle

Former late-night talk show host Jay Leno says he and Mavis have "fun with" dealing with her advanced dementia.

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Bruce Willis' Dementia Worsens? Emma Heming Willis, Demi Moore Team Up to Honour 'Incurable' Star

Action legend Bruce Willis is honoured at a star-studded benefit concert as his FTD battle continues.

International Business Times UK

Music could help ease the effects of dementia, GP says

Studies have shown that music engages multiple regions of the brain at once, helping to support memory

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Heart damage in midlife could raise dementia risks later on, study warns

People with the highest levels of a protein called troponin in their blood were much more likely to develop dementia, the study found.

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Dame Judi Dench says she's now too blind to watch theatre or TV but still wants the dirt on Celebrity Traitors

The double Oscar-winning actress, 90, has long battled age-related macular degeneration

Evening Standard

Even a few thousand steps a day can reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s – new study

A new study suggests that even low levels of physical activity could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease – but not in the way scientists expected.

The Conversation

How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the U.S. and 57 million globally.

The Conversation

Bruce Willis Illness Update: Wife Said Actor's Brain Is 'Failing Him' But It Is A 'Good Thing' - Here's Why

Bruce Willis's wife reveals his brain is failing due to dementia, but says his unawareness of the illness brings unexpected peace.

International Business Times UK

Biological signs of poor heart health linked to later dementia diagnosis – study

Researchers found the link is evident up to 25 years before a dementia diagnosis.

The Independent UK

Poor heart health linked to dementia diagnosis later in life, study finds

There are currently estimated to be 982,000 people with dementia in the UK, but more than a third of people with the condition do not have a diagnosis

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Why Canada must transform its long-term care system

With Canadians now living longer than ever, the question of who will care for them — and under what conditions — when they can no longer care for themselves has become one of the country’s most pressing issues.

The Independent UK

Police find car 17 months after beloved 88-year-old teacher went missing – but no sign of her

Myrtle Polk was in the early stages of dementia when she went missing, her family says

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All 17 Texas Constitutional amendments pass

The propositions include restrictions on the creation of certain taxes, new tax exemptions, investments on water infrastructure and dementia research.

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Texans set to approve $3 billion dementia research fund

The Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas fund, a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, will provide $3 billion in grants to researchers.

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Sir Anthony Hopkins set to star in true story of a man who lived digital existence in World of Warcraft

After winning acclaim for his role in dementia drama The Father, Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to star in the true story of a man whose digital existence in World of Warcraft revealed a hidden life of connection and creativity.

Euronews

Here’s how many daily steps could help slow Alzheimer’s disease

More physical activity was linked to slower cognitive decline, the study found.

The Independent UK

Scientists reveal how many steps you need to walk daily to reduce Alzheimer’s risk

A new 14-year study is one of the first to explore the relationship between activity and key markers of the disease

Evening Standard

Walking for more than 5,000 steps per day may reduce Alzheimer’s risk – study

There was a slowing in the build-up of a protein called tau, which becomes abnormal in Alzheimer’s.

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Eight Spooky Retirement Stats That Will Scare the Bejesus Out of You

Think you have retirement planning down to a science? Consider these scary statistics.

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Eating cheese once a week may lower dementia risk, study suggests

Researchers found that regular cheese eaters were 24 per cent less likely to develop the condition over three years compared with non-cheese eaters.

The Independent UK

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming says the actor doesn’t know he has dementia

The actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023

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