Lifelong bilinguals have increased connectivity in certain areas of the brain that help to protect them from dementia, according to a study published on Monday 30 January.

A dream will come true for ‘Songaminute Man’ Teddy Mac with the release of his first ever single, which will raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society.

Middle aged men in Finland who take a sauna more than four times a week are two thirds less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia over a 20 year period.

The Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) has today (Wednesday 14 December) been named as Professor Bart De Strooper from the University of Leuven in Belgium.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that dementia and Alzheimer's disease are now the leading cause of death in England and Wales.

Complex referral processes might be causing delays in the diagnosis of dementia, suggests a new paper published today (Wednesday 09 November) in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.