Strictly Come Dancing star Ruth Langsford took a break from the dancefloor to join 3,000 people who united against dementia at an Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk.

Women typically have better verbal memory skills, compared to men, and new research indicates this could make them more resilient to the damage caused to brain cells in early stages of Alzheimer’s.

Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia later in life, according to a study published today, 4 October 2017, in the medical journal Neurology.

Researchers in New Mexico and Croatia have tested a non-invasive brain scanning technique known as magnetoencephalography, or MEG, as an early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease.

Axovant Sciences today announced that the Phase 3 MINDSET trial of its Alzheimer’s drug intepirdine has failed to bring meaningful improvements in cognition or daily functioning.

Actor and campaigner, Tony Booth, has died aged 85, over a decade since his Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis.