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Your support is shaping the future of dementia research
Why investing in dementia research matters now Research is bringing us closer than ever to changing the future for people affected by dementia. We understand more about dementia than ever before, we have the first treatments that can slow Alzheimer’s disease progression and faster ways to diagnose are on the horizon. Keeping this research moving…
How studying sleep in Down’s syndrome is uncovering clues about Alzheimer’s disease
We’re celebrating Join Dementia Research’s 10th Anniversary. Join Dementia Research is a service run by the NHS that allows people to register their interest in taking part in dementia research studies. Over the past decade, Join Dementia Research has supported an incredible 93,000 people to take part in over 900 dementia research studies. Alzheimer’s Research…
Leaving a lasting legacy for dementia research. Philip and Judy’s story
Philip & Judy Small both left behind incredible legacies for dementia research. Philip helped to develop the revolutionary MRI scanner. And after he sadly passed away with Alzheimer’s disease, his wife Judy generously supported Alzheimer’s Research UK with a gift in her Will.
All you need to know about brain scans and dementia
CT, MRI, fMRI, EEG and SPECT are all ways that doctors and scientists image the brain, but what do these letters mean, how do they work, and what do they show?
Social isolation linked to lower brain volume and higher dementia risk
Researchers from China and the UK have found that social isolation, but not loneliness, is linked to lower brain volume in regions associated with cognition and higher dementia risk.