Actor Brian Cox and supporter Jordan Adams share their experiences of dementia Brian and Jordan have come together to have a ...

A risk factor is something that influences our chances developing a disease. There are a mix of risk factors for Alzheimer’s, some that we cannot control like our age and genetics, and some that we ...

Directly inherited dementia is rare, but in around three in every 10 people with FTD a strong family history of the condition is known. In these cases the cause is likely to be genetic. This is known ...

The word dementia is used to describe a group of symptoms. These include: memory loss confusion changes to communication mood and behaviour. These symptoms affect day-to-day life. Dementia is caused ...

Risk factors are things that change our likelihood of developing a disease. Factors that may increase our risk of developing vascular dementia include age, genetics, lifestyle, and other health ...

Most of us forget things every day, like people’s names or where we put our keys, but this is not necessarily a sign of dementia. In dementia, memory loss is more serious than forgetting things every ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies is the third most common disease that causes dementia. Both risk genes and faulty genes can be involved in dementia with Lewy bodies. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is ...

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For the majority of people, genes are only one of many factors that may increase their risk of getting dementia. Other factors that affect our dementia risk include our age, lifestyle and environment.

Opticians could play a key role in identifying people at risk of dementia by spotting distinctive patterns in the back of the ...

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There are two main types of Alzheimer’s. Late onset Alzheimer’s starts after age 65, and young onset Alzheimer’s affects people before age 65. Different genes can be involved in the development of the ...