Tom Clarke
Dementia in decline, latest research suggests
It’s the best news in dementia research for years. So why is no one celebrating?
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Black people more likely to develop dementia than any other ethnic group, study shows
Black people in the UK are more likely to develop dementia than other ethnic groups but they’re much less likely to be diagnosed
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The LGBT Dementia Cafe
Living with dementia is often isolating – and for LGBT people there can be an extra layer of loneliness. For a community that grew up when homosexuality was still illegal, fear of prejudice can make it harder to access services and support groups. Now the UK’s first dementia cafe aimed specifically at gay, lesbian, bi…
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May: ‘What we want is someone to be difficult and to stand up for Britain’
Speaking on the eve of the election, Prime Minister Theresa May tells Jon Snow she will be “difficult” and “stand up for Britain” in the Brexit negotiations.
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Do busy roads cause dementia?
The toxic chemicals that pollute our cities could be linked to the risk of getting dementia according to a new study. Researchers in Canada have found that people who live near busy traffic clogged roads face a 7 percent higher chance of developing dementia than those who live further away. They haven’t proven a direct…
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Victoria Macdonald
Hunt, Lamb, Burnham – and an NHS ménage à trois
There’s the married couple, Jeremy Hunt and Norman Lamb. Then a third person, Andy Burnham, comes a long to spice things up. That’s what today’s #healthdebate looked like.
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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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Julianne Moore scoops best actress Oscar for Still Alice
Julianne Moore wins an academy award for her role as a university professor with Alzheimer’s disease in Still Alice. Here she discusses the ignorance still associated with dementia.
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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
People with dementia need friends – especially at Christmas
Christmas is an isolating time for those with dementia – which is why the Alzheimer’s Society is encouraging people to become “dementia friends”.
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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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Alzheimer’s blood test ‘could transform treatment’
A simple blood test that can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease before recognisable symptoms appear could be available in two years, say scientists.
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How do you deal with dementia and relationships?
Dr David Sheard from Dementia Care Matters and Tony Husband, a cartoonist who put together a picture book about his father’s dementia, join us to discuss this difficult issue.
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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.
