Review Highlights Urgent Need for Improved Dementia Training in Healthcare
Dementia ResearcherA systematic review by Claudia Cooper and colleagues identifies key dementia training gaps and calls for urgent policy action to improve healthcare outcomes.
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Wearables & dementia: research challenges and opportunities
Watch our liverstream recording with Dr Zeke Steer and Sarah Daniels exploring innovative wearables, AI, and smart tech transforming dementia care practices.
New framework aims to eliminate sex bias in preclinical research
New Sex Inclusive Research Framework tackles sex bias in biomedical research—helping ensure male and female samples are fairly included in preclinical studies.
DPUK Translation 2025 – Trials Delivery: Trials for All
Dementias Platform UKWatch session three from DPUK’s Translation 2025, discussing clinical trial innovation and equitable approaches, featuring Prof Cath Mummery and colleagues.
Why Some Alzheimer’s Drugs Work Better Than Others
UK DRINew research reveals why some Alzheimer’s drugs are more effective—lecanemab binds better to toxic proteins in early-stage disease, offering key insight.
Study explores links between sports brain injury & dementia
Retired contact-sport athletes aged invited to join a pioneering study exploring sport-related brain injury and dementia risk led by Trinity College Dublin.
New Study Exposes Sexism in Dementia Research Careers
Over half of women ECRs in dementia research report experiencing sexism, a new global study reveals. Read the full paper and access the data on our website.
Alzheimer’s Blood Test Performance Database
A first-of-its-kind resource from the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease to help clinicians evaluate the performance of blood tests for Alzheimer’s
BBC Memories and Dementia Season
The BBC has launched a special new season across TV, iPlayer and Radio called Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation – led by Dr Punam Krishan
UK DRI and Parkinson’s UK join forces
UK DRI & Parkinson’s UK launch a £10m research centre to find new treatments & a cure for Parkinson’s, uniting top scientists & cutting-edge resources.
More menopausal symptoms linked to poorer brain function in later life
Experiencing more menopause symptoms is linked to poorer brain function & dementia risk later in life, finds Dr Zahinoor Ismail’s new study.
“Healthy fats” could protect against motor neuron disease
New research findings from the UK Dementia Research institute suggest enhancing levels of “healthy fats” like omega-3s in the brain could be beneficial in MND