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Dementia

  • Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
    Health
    Air pollution directly linked to Alzheimer’s risk, scientists say

    Particles from combustion of fossil fuels may damage brain health more than thought, research suggests

    Exhaust fumes are visible coming from the tailpipe of a blue car stopped in traffic behind a black car.
  • Tuesday, 10 February, 2026
    Medical science
    The shingles vaccine may have a dementia upside

    Research suggests it could prevent and slow the progress of cognitive decline

    Anjana Ahuja
    An illustration showing a syringe blocking the flow of sand in an hourglass above an older woman, symbolizing the shingles vaccine slowing ageing and dementia risk.
  • Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
    Health
    Scientists shed new light on Alzheimer’s warning signs

    Researchers find differences according to age and education and reveal men affected as much as women

    A gloved hand holds a blood sample vial in front of a screen displaying multiple brain scan images.
  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
    Mental health
    UK government orders review into rising diagnoses of mental health conditions

    Health secretary says there is a need to look at sharp increase ‘through a strictly clinical lens’

    Wes Streeting, wearing a blue suit and red tie, walks and looks ahead with a slight smile.
  • Monday, 24 November, 2025
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Novo Nordisk shares slump after drug failure in Alzheimer’s trial

    Outcome is blow to one of Europe’s largest listed companies

    Novo Nordisk logo featuring a stylized blue bull and company name on a large blue sign.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    Health
    5,000 steps a day may help slow Alzheimer’s-linked decline, study shows

    Research using data from Harvard Aging Brain Study showed more active patients saw slower cognitive deterioration

    An elderly couple walk in a forest during autumn
  • Monday, 13 October, 2025
    Drugs research
    Novo Nordisk’s ‘lottery ticket’: can obesity drugs help treat Alzheimer’s?

    Results are due soon from two studies using semaglutide to treat thousands of people with the disease

    Series of six CT scan slices showing axial sections of a 74-year-old patient’s brain with Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Friday, 19 September, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    FT Drama: AI — what will become of the truth?
    Stills from the film “Recall Me Maybe”
  • Wednesday, 10 September, 2025
    Insight & Comment
    Should I sell my home to pay for care fees?

    I can’t afford to pay for costs out of my personal income but I don’t want to sell my property

    Lucy Warwick-Ching
  • Thursday, 4 September, 2025
    Social affairs
    Exposure to air pollution increases risk of dementia, scientists say

    Study of people living in US cities finds link with a type of the disease called Lewy body

    Four passengers on the Staten Island Ferry look toward a smoke-shrouded Lower Manhattan skyline, obscured by wildfire haze.
  • Friday, 29 August, 2025
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    US regulator approves at-home Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen

    Go ahead for Leqembi shot by Food and Drug Administration could help revive two companies’ sluggish sales

    Two vials and two boxes of LEQEMBI (lecanemab-irmb) injection, an Alzheimer's drug, are displayed
  • Tuesday, 19 August, 2025
    Health
    Bill Gates funds $1mn AI Alzheimer’s prize

    New competition is latest effort to deploy artificial intelligence to find cures for serious illnesses

    An MRI scan showing a cross-sectional view of a human brain with signs of early dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
  • Wednesday, 6 August, 2025
    Health
    The big picture on Alzheimer’s is missing the smaller pieces 

    Subtle changes that contribute to cognitive decline could be flying under the radar

    Anjana Ahuja
    Ann Kiernan illustration of a silhouette of a woman with origami birds flying around her head
  • Wednesday, 16 July, 2025
    Medical science
    Proteins in human body reveal warning signs for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

    Analysis of large biological dataset uncovers clues to help detect and combat neurodegenerative conditions

    Normal and Alzheimer’s Brain MRIs
  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Health
    Vaccines may offer double protection against dementia, study suggests

    Oxford research shows adjuvant chemicals included in vaccinations may enhance their antiviral effect

    A woman is given a Covid-19 vaccine
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Eli Lilly & Co
    EU regulator declines approval for Eli Lilly’s new Alzheimer’s drug

    European Medicines Agency says risks of potentially fatal side effects from donanemab outweigh benefits

    Eli Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    Science books
    Our Brains, Our Selves — the neural functions that determine who we are

    Neurologist Masud Husain explores the ways that injury and disease transformed the lives of seven patients

    A white statue with it’s head in it’s hand. There is a blue sky and white fluffy clouds in the background
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Social affairs
    Herpes virus and head injuries linked to Alzheimer’s, mini-brain study finds

    Research adds to evidence that viral infections contribute to development of dementia

    A player is treated for a head injury during a professional football match in England
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Eli Lilly told UK health secretary that new drug had ‘potential to prevent Alzheimer’s’

    Drug company made claims even though a study of donanemab’s preventive potential is not due to end until 2027

    Alzheimer’s disease brain scan
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Reader callout: are you concerned about social care costs?

    Care home costs have been rising steeply

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Health
    Patients on diabetes drugs less likely to develop dementia, research finds

    More trials urged as part of effort to slow cognitive declines with existing medicines

    A woman with diabetes monitors her blood glucose level
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Health
    The disappointing Alzheimer’s decision is part of a bigger problem

    Nice’s ruling on lecanemab demonstrates the lack of readiness to roll out new treatments in the UK

    John Hardy
    Alzheimer’s Drug lecanemab / Leqembi
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Politics
    Alzheimer’s drug approved by UK regulator but too costly for NHS

    Spending watchdog declines to give green light to lecanemab for patients in England

    R. Scott Turner, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Memory Disorder Center at Georgetown University Hospital, points to PET scan results that are part of a study on Alzheimer's disease at Georgetown University Hospital. The PET scans show images labeled with different markers: Amyloid-β (PiB) and Tau (T807), with conditions noted as Clinically Normal and Alzheimer's Dementia.
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Social affairs
    High cholesterol critical factor in development of dementia, study finds

    Reducing 14 ‘modifiable’ risks can prevent or delay cognitive disorder, report says

    Doctor reviewing MRI scans
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    European Medicines Agency rejects breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug

    Eisai and Biogen face uphill battle to win EU approval for Leqembi after committee’s ruling

    Bottles and packages of the drug Leqembi
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