Covid-19: People aged 60-69 at increased risk
The 7.3 million people in the UK aged between 60 and 69 are at increased risk of severe illness and…
Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Sleep apnoea and daytime alertness
Novel computational methods provide new insight into daytime alertness in people with sleep apnoea. New polysomnography parameters are better than…
Treatment Of Pain Is A Challenge In Alzheimer’s Disease
The treatment and management of pain in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be a challenge due to problems in…
Healthy Ageing Psychology Research
Researchers from Northumbria University are asking adults aged 65 or over to spare some time to help with their latest…
Healthier for Longer
'BGS Healthier for Longer’, a new report published by the British Geriatrics Society, examines how messages of prevention and healthy…
One in Twenty British Adults Claim They will NEVER Retire
And of those who do believe retirement is on the cards, one in 10 reckon they’ll be aged 70 or…
New Healthcare Framework to Help Ageing Populations Stay Healthier for Longer
An international team of researchers have put forward a position statement, published in Science, which lays out a new healthcare…
Serum Neurofilament a Discriminative Biomarker Between Frontotemporal Dementia & Psychiatric Disorders
Early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are often confused with symptoms occurring in psychiatric disorders. Reporting their findings in Journal of…
Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene Impairs Function of Brain Immune Cells
A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of…
Protein tangles linked with Dementia
Scientists have visualised for the first time protein tangles associated with dementia in the brains of patients who have suffered…