University College London has published a study, part funded by Alzheimer’s Society’s Heather Corrie Impact Fund, which shows it’s possible to cut the time for diagnostic MRI scans for dementia to one third of their standard length.
Football fans with dementia have been nominated to appear as mascots on 9 October at the England and Wales friendly game at Wembley, as part of the partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and The FA.
For the second consecutive year, the UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, has united the world of sport to raise awareness of dementia throughout World Alzheimer’s Month.
A major clinical trial aiming to transform the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease through a simple blood test, is now welcoming its first participants who will be recruited via memory clinics across the UK.