Blaming behaviour we don’t like on a disease means less accountability, and is bad for those who live with dementia. It’s also often inaccurate.
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It’s estimated there are more than 100 types of dementia.
There are many types of dementia – and our recent case study highlights a newly described subtype.
Frontotemporal dementia accounts for around one in 20 dementia cases.
Around 7% of dementia cases occur in people under the age of 65.
Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. Here’s why knowing about the diversity of dementia matters.
The NHS will trial a new blood test for dementia, which could be widely available in five years.
Our study found that people born with a with a particular fold in their brain develop frontotemporal dementia symptoms on average two and a half years later than others.
We’ve all forgotten the word we need mid-sentence, and know the feeling of it being just on the tip of our tongue. But when can this be more serious?
FTD leads to changes in personality and behavior. Understanding its genetic and molecular causes could lead to new ways to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
In March 2022, it was announced that Willis had aphasia. The latest diagnosis is sadly worse.
Sometimes Granny can be a bit too honest. This is a normal part of ageing.
Not all drug development needs to start from scratch. Sometimes researchers discover that a drug developed for one disease can be used for another. Here a cancer drug may show promise for dementia.
Frontotemporal dementia typically affects people under 65 and is about more than memory loss – this is what to look out for.
Late-stage dementia is characterised by increasing agitation that can be distressing for the person with the illness and their carers. So, researchers are investigating whether robots disguised as animals…
All memories aren’t created equal. Whether you remember an event the next day, week or year, depends on a number of factors, the most important one of which is the emotion associated with it. Emotional…
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