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These are the 12 ways you can drastically cut your dementia risk

30 July 2020

Up to 40 per cent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed through lifestyle measures like exercising, socialising and not smoking, says a major review

Light therapy device helps improve some symptoms of dementia

17 December 2019

Daytime exposure to bright lights may improve a person’s quality of sleep, and could reduce depressive symptoms and agitation associated with dementia

Mice fed a high salt diet lose the ability to perform simple tasks

23 October 2019

A high-salt diet gradually reduced rodents' ability to perform simple tasks, perhaps because the diet leads to an accumulation of a protein linked to dementia

Healthy living lowers chances of dementia even if genetic risk is high

14 July 2019

Some people have genes that raise their risk of dementia – but if they eat well and exercise they are less likely to develop the condition

Multiple types of dementia affect brain function

Newly recognised form of dementia could now be easier to diagnose

30 April 2019

Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) is distinct from Alzheimer’s disease and tends to affect people near the end of their lives

Inability to distinguish odours could be a sign of ill health

A bad sense of smell predicts early death but we don’t know why

29 April 2019

A poor sense of smell in older adults is linked to a nearly 50 per cent higher risk of death in the next 10 years, but the reasons for this are unclear

Gum disease and Alzheimer's: Your questions answered

30 January 2019

People are questioning a landmark study suggesting that a bacterium involved in gum disease may also cause Alzheimer's. Here's what you need to know about the study

We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it

23 January 2019

Evidence is growing that a bacteria involved in gum disease causes Alzheimer's, raising hopes over new kinds of treatments that are currently undergoing testing