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It's a harrowing picture and stark reality for the tens of millions of people around the world living with dementia—an umbrella term for various neurological conditions, including Alzheimer's ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
This Dementia Action Week, 19 - 25 May 2025, we will continue to raise awareness of the importance of an early diagnosis for people affected by dementia. Diagnosis is vital to give people access to ...
In 2024, almost one million people were living with dementia in the UK, and although it is a common misconception that dementia is a disease, it is actually a collection of symptoms. These are ...
As public awareness of dementia grows, so too does the appetite for prevention. Global headlines tout the benefits of exercise, diet, brain training and social activity in reducing dementia risk.
Dementia is a devastating diagnosis that upends retirement planning and shatters families, striking fear in the hearts of many. In fact, dementia is second only to cancer when it comes to the ...
Frequent use of a specific two-word phrase could be an indicator of dementia, signalling significant cognitive decline, experts have warned. Dementia is a condition characterised by a cluster of ...
Dementia has been the leading cause of death in England and Wales for years now, with Dementia UK adding that more people die from dementia in the UK overall than of any other condition. Still, a ...
Sophie is certainly a fan of the sunny colour: she owns a similar Beulah London dress in the same shade, which she wore just last month to visit a dementia research laboratory ... Camilla wears a ...
Dementia rates are increasing more rapidly in China than almost anywhere else in the world, with cases more than quadrupling in the country over the past few decades. Daoying Geng at Fudan ...
Now a team of Canadian researchers has added another warning to partaking too vigorously in cannabis: dementia. In reaching their conclusions, scientists from institutes across Canada looked at a ...