dementia

Just thought this was worth sharing with the potential being huge. Using a special wave of infrared this stimulates mitochondria that generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the biochemical reaction in the brain’s cells...

British families are sending elderly relatives with dementia overseas to Thailand in a small but growing trend. Researchers visiting private care homes in Chiang Mai have found eight homes where guests from the UK are living thousands of miles away from their families, because suitable care in...

People over 40 in England will be given advice on dementia as part of their free NHS health check. Guidance on how to reduce the risk of dementia will be given to patients at GP surgeries and through community health programmes. Public Health England (PHE) said up to one-third of dementia...

Fifty-year-olds with slightly raised blood pressure are at an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, a new study has suggested. Study participants had a greater risk even if they did not have other heart-related problems, the research published in the European Heart Journal said...

People with higher levels of lithium in their drinking water appear to have a lower risk of developing dementia, say researchers in Denmark. Lithium is naturally found in tap water, although the amount varies. The findings, based on a study of 800,000 people, are not clear-cut. The highest...

My mother has been a type 1 diabetic for 65 years and as a result has gradually accumulated a number of complications including a degree of vascular dementia and so can no longer manage her condition herself. She was admitted to hospital in March as the result of a fall and a UTI and high blood...

More than half of those seeking a diagnosis for dementia have delayed going to their GP by at least a year, according to a survey carried out by the Alzheimer's Society. The charity says nearly two-thirds of people fear a diagnosis would mean their life is over. But it says an early diagnosis...

A 93-year-old war veteran and his elderly wife face being separated for the first time in 65 years because of NHS red tape. John Smith and his 87-year-old wife Marjorie, who both have dementia, have been living together in Ravenswing Manor Care Home in Blackburn for the past two years. But...

The Prime Minister’s drive to ramp up the number of patients GPs screen for dementia has led to thousands more elderly people wrongly suspecting they may have the condition, a Pulse investigation has revealed. Data obtained from hospital trusts showed that the proportion of people without...

Dementia (a decline in memory and other mental abilities) is a serious condition, and its prognosis (the likely course of the disease) is marked by progressive loss of cognitive function and complications such as infections and falls. Dementia has no cure, and is increasingly a cause of death in...

The NHS has teamed up with leading technology companies in a series of nationwide trials to study how connected devices may be able to benefit older patients and those suffering from dementia, diabetes and mental illness. Different combinations of connected technology will be employed in seven...