Sports concussions in non-athletes not linked to long-term cognitive effects: study
Dementia ResearcherResearch from University of Exeter & UNSW shows the impact of concussion while playing sport is different in those who don’t play professionally.
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NIHR ARC East Midlands – ‘Lunch & Learn’ Training Series
Welcome to the NIHR ARC East Midlands ‘Lunch & Learn’ series, recordings of 20+ training sessions, covering a range of topics to expand your research skills.
Alzheimer’s Society invests £9m in Doctoral Training Centres
Alzheimer's SocietyAlzheimer’s Society invests £9m in Doctoral Training Centres to boost early career researchers and accelerate dementia research breakthroughs.
Shingles vaccine could lower risk of dementia
NIHRA new study has found that the new shingles vaccine ‘Shingrix’ is more protective against dementia compared to the previous shingles vaccine.
Golnaz Atefi’s 1,000km Skating Journey for Dementia Research
Interview with Golnaz Atefi about her unique plans to roller skate 1000km in 30 days across Europe, in support of research and World Alzheimer’s Month.
Lecanemab recieves NICE rejection
NICE draft recommendation says Lecanemab benefits are too small to support approval after looking at cost and clinical trials evidence
Lecanemab recieves UK MHRA approval
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a product licence for lecanemab (Leqembi) for use in the early stages of Alzheimer’s
How we’ve succeeded in recruiting older hospital patients onto our trial
Dr McColl and Prof Pendlebury explain how they’ve tackled the challenge of recruiting older, frail patients with multiple conditions to trials within acute care in hospitals
Memory Services Spotlight Audit 2023
The 2023 National Audit of Dementia Memory Services reveals rising wait times, service inconsistencies, and urgent needs for equitable dementia care and support
Novel sequencing approaches highlight role of brain gene activity in Alzheimer’s
Research reveals that the activity of different versions of genes expressed in the brain is associated with the accumulation of tau, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s
Dementia Lancet Commission 2024
Updated for 2024 – New Lancet Commission Report on Dementia prevention, intervention, and care led by Professor Gill Livingston
Endorsed – New method for evaluating severity of Alzheimer’s
The IMI AMYPAD project robustly assessed a numerical scale from 0-100 that can be used to quantitatively compare brain scans of Alzheimer’s patients.