Tom Clarke
Alzheimer’s disease: can you really catch it?
Evidence emerged today that Alzheimer’s disease might have the potential to spread from one person to the next. Should we be terrified? In short: No.
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Assisted dying debate: MPs reject ‘right to die’ bill
Emotional arguments made on both sides as MPs vote on the “right to die” for the first time in twenty years.
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Victoria Macdonald
Few surprises on health in today’s Conservative manifesto
Apart from a pledge to fight dementia, most of the health measures had already been trailed. But then, the 2010 manifesto only hinted at the size of the NHS reorganisation that followed.
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Kylie Morris
Suicide, women and race: the Oscars gets political
Rather than just a celebration of the “best and whitest”, the Oscars this year saw an outpouring of political statements – from women’s rights to immigration. These were the highlights.
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Government pledges dementia research and training
David Cameron announces more than £300m investment into dementia research, while all NHS staff will have to undergo training into understanding the condition.
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Victoria Macdonald
Art meets life: two tales of early-onset Alzheimer’s
Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore, looks at a 50-year-old woman who develops Alzheimer’s. Watching the film is a difficult experience for Wendy Mithcell, 58, who also has the disease.
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Victoria Macdonald
How early onset dementia can devastate a family
Liza Grant was in her late 40s when the symptoms of dementia first appeared. The illness hit her husband and two teenage sons for six.
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From death sentence to survival: what has been cured?
Would you choose cancer or dementia? As a new study finds cancer survival rates are improving, Channel 4 News looks at the diseases that are no longer a death sentence – and the diagnoses we now fear.
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Smile – 2014 is not as bad as you think
Back to work, the weather is still appalling and it is best not to even mention the cricket. But 2014 has potential, and here’s why.
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What is dementia? The key questions
As the UK hosts a major G8 summit on dementia, Channel 4 News explains how to recognise symptoms of the disease, and looks at how best to help sufferers.
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Victoria Macdonald
Taking a stand in the battle against Alzheimer’s
Next month’s dementia summit is being described as a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise awareness of a condition which will affect one million people in the UK by 2020.
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Are we any closer to a cure for degenerative brain disease?
Scientists claim a “turning point” in the fight against degenerative brain disease, but are we really anywhere near a cure for diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s?
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Tom Clarke
Nobel prize for medicine: unpacking the ‘shipping container’ of biology
It may not seem glamorous, but unpicking a system that underpins nearly every biological function you can think of, from digesting food to feeling love, has won three men the Nobel prize for medicine.
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Carey Mulligan: raise dementia awareness
Carey Mulligan, star of The Great Gatsby, tells Channel 4 News about her plans to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s, and says there is a “real problem” with how we treat the elderly in the UK.
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Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson dies aged 83
Gerry Anderson, the man behind the hit TV shows Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray dies aged 83.
