Research suggests adding a mental component to exercise for older people by getting them playing active video games has a positive cognitive benefit.
Poor sleep is linked to cognitive decline,with the risk of dementia deemed up to 30 per cent higher in those who lack sleep in midlife – and it comes down to at least four important physiological processes.
Nicola Stevens was a teenager when she found out her mum had early onset dementia.
The pair drew on their 20-year history to play a bickering couple in Supernova,which grapples with the realities of early-onset dementia.
Unlike many films about dementia,The Father offers a nuanced and compelling insight into the lived experience of dementia that could make a significant contribution to improving our understanding.
The study found that black people with dementia were nearly three times as likely as white people with dementia to become infected with the virus.
Researchers are a step closer in understanding the complex tangle of Alzheimer’s disease,discovering how a toxic protein linked to the disorder spreads through the brain.
Aged 55,Jeff Thurlow was shocked to receive a diagnosis of early onset dementia. He is one of a growing number of people with the condition.
The actor shot to prominence appearing in many of the innuendo-laden"Carry On"movies of the 1960s and 70s. She later starred in the long-running"EastEnders"TV series.
Queensland researchers have developed an AI which can detect early signs of dementia in speech,with hopes it can be used as an early warning tool for mental decline.
A Cambridge study of an English winter swim squad found they had high levels of a"cold-shock"protein that could protect against brain-cell death.