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The Latest Breaking News from Dementia

Simple inexpensive tests found to predict dementia risk years in advance

‘Incorporating muscle function tests as part of dementia screening could be useful to identify high-risk individuals’

The Independent UK

Dementia Australia calls for five-year funding commitment ahead of federal budget release

Dementia Australia says a growing number of people with dementia, which is soon expected to become the country's leading cause of death, means more funding and government support is needed.

ABC News

Britain's best carers will get chance to star in video for Tony Christie charity song

The singer is teaming up with the Music for Dementia campaign to release the song on Thank You Day – July 2 – which celebrates unsung heroes

Daily Mirror

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Pushing technology and drugs to the limit in efforts to deal with dementia

Letters: Kate Lee and Prof John T O’Brien write about the Longitude Prize on Dementia, and Steve Iliffe says the benefits of new drugs may be overstated

The Guardian - UK

World ‘on cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’

Almost half of those on donanemab had no clinical progression of disease at one year compared with 29% on a placebo, a study showed.

Evening Standard

World ‘on the cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’

THE world is “on the cusp of a first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease”, experts have said, as a new drug was found to slow…

The National (Scotland)

World ‘on cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’ as new drug ‘slows symptoms’

New drug donanemab appears to slow decline associated with Alzheimer’s

The Independent UK

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Losing grip strength could be an early warning sign of dementia, but here are two ways you can improve it

New study evaluated more than 1,000 women with an average age of 75.

Fortune

Daughter stole thousands from dementia-stricken dad leaving his bank account empty

Mum-of-three Linzi Pettigrew, from Winchburgh, was caught after she lied to her uncle Robin Pettigrew about using some of the cash to fill her dad’s fridge with food and he found it empty

Daily Mirror

Woman jailed for stealing £7000 from dementia-stricken father

The mum-of-three said she had been buying food but her father's fridge was empty

Daily Record

West Dunbartonshire aiming to become dementia friendly community

There are almost 1500 people in the area with the condition, and the council has backed calls for more education to be provided to residents.

Glasgow Live

Study: Slowing down in old age? It can be symptom of dementia

It is widely acknowledged that as we age, we lose muscle power and slow down, making ordinary movements like getting up, walking, and sitting more difficult. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Edinburgh double killer dies in hospital after battle with dementia

Andrew Fisher murdered his wife in 1990 and spent 11 years of a life sentence behind bars before being released in 2001. He was again detained following the killing of another murderer in an Edinburgh flat in 2013.

Edinburgh Live

Scots double killer dies in Carstairs 30 years after murdering wife

Andrew Fisher, who murdered his wife in 1990, died on Friday following a battle with dementia.

Daily Record

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Dubbo's Sing Out Choir for people with dementia holds first major concert

A music program that's "just like a party" is changing moods and improving the language skills of people with dementia.

The National (Scotland)

It's time for us all to talk about dementia – which is so much more than forgetting

MY mother asks me frequently: “Where am I? What is this place?” She cranes her neck to look out of a window as if the view – newly revealed…

The Guardian - UK

Dogs with dementia also have sleep problems, finds study

Humans with condition can have disturbed sleep, and similar symptoms in dogs indicate cognitive decline is under way

Wales Online

'Exciting' discovery that £7 pill designed to treat HIV 'could cure Alzheimer's' as well

It is hoped repurposing the medication will reverse memory loss in older people

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The Guardian - UK

UK on verge of new dawn for dementia treatments, says taskforce chair

Today’s generation of older people could be last to face untreatable Alzheimer’s – but only if NHS overhauls care

The Independent UK

HIV drug may help protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins – study

A common characteristic of diseases such as Huntington’s disease and various forms of dementia is the build-up in the brain of proteins.

Daily Mirror

Bungling burglar smashes his way into wrong home while trying to get revenge

Nathan Goforth, 48, smashed through an office window in a 'revenge' burglary - only to discover he had accidentally ended up inside a care home for dementia patients

Evening Standard

Bruce Willis becomes a grandfather for the first time as daughter Rumer gives birth

The news comes two months after it was announced that Willis had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia

Wales Online

The memory cafe helping people with Alzheimer's 'live well' in Swansea

The cafe helps people diagnosed with the disease - and also the people caring for them

Manchester Evening News

ITV This Morning viewers taken aback by Tony Christie as they confess to 'soft spot' for singer

The '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo' singer opened up about his dementia diagnosis as he appeared live on the show on his birthday

Newcastle Herald

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Apart from its historical significance, it's a rollicking good yarn.

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