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Alzheimer's

September 2024

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    Light pollution at night may increase risk of Alzheimer’s, study finds

    Research says outdoor light exposure in evening increases prevalence of the disease, especially in people under age 65

August 2024

  • Nurse visiting an elderly male patient

    Type 2 diabetes drug associated with 35% lower risk of dementia, study finds

    Large Korean study suggests sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, may lower the risk of dementia
  • Vanessa Aylwin in 2021. Photograph: Courtesy of Michael Aylwin

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘It comes for your very soul’: how Alzheimer’s undid my dazzling, creative wife in her 40s – podcast

    By the time my wife got a diagnosis, her long and harrowing deterioration had already begun. By the end, I was in awe of her. By Michael Aylwin

    • UK health regulator rejects lecanemab as treatment for Alzheimer’s

    • Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’

    • Dementia: five charts that help explain Britain’s biggest killer

July 2024

  • Woman with a hearing aid

    Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, study finds

  • Closeup of a fork prodding bacon frying in a pan

    Eating processed red meat could increase risk of dementia, study finds

  • Closeup of a cartridge of Saxenda being held by a person

    Weight-loss drug could help slow Alzheimer’s cognitive decline, trial finds

  • person wearing yellow and carrying equipment walks through forest with flames in the back

    Wildfire smoke may increase the risk of dementia, study finds

  • Sad last days of Harold Wilson revealed by Cabinet Office archives

  • ‘Smell it, it’s wonderful’: Dutch gallery designs tours for people with dementia

  • Study raises hopes that shingles vaccine may delay onset of dementia

  • Former PM Harold Wilson sold private papers to help fund his care

  • ‘The grief and loss is hard to bear’: the cruelty of Alzheimer’s disease

  • UK needs Covid-style push on dementia drugs, says ex-head of vaccine taskforce

  • The long read
    ‘It comes for your very soul’: how Alzheimer’s undid my dazzling, creative wife in her 40s

  • FDA approves second Alzheimer’s drug that can slow onset of disease

  • Healthy childhood diet can ‘keep mind sharp into 70s’ and ward off dementia

June 2024

  • Gaby Hinsliff

    Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain – why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it?

    Gaby Hinsliff
    Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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