A new study, part-funded by Alzheimer’s Society, being published on Thursday 26 November in the European Heart Journal, looks at the link between high blood pressure and more extensive brain damage among the elderly.

New research suggests that there are 12 factors that increase the risk of dementia, but measures can be taken to reduce this risk.

Risk factors for Alzheimer’s may be apparent as early as our teens and 20s, according to new research reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia are crowd-funding a new project to test former professional football players for early signs of dementia.

A study led by the University of Glasgow has revealed the first major insights into lifelong health outcomes in former professional football players.

Scientists have visualised for the first time protein ‘tangles’ associated with dementia in the brains of patients who have suffered a single head injury

Having good heart health age 50 is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia later in life, according to a new study published in the BMJ today.