Alzheimer’s disease: can you really catch it?
Evidence emerged today that Alzheimer’s disease might have the potential to spread from one person to the next. Should we be terrified? In short: No.
Evidence emerged today that Alzheimer’s disease might have the potential to spread from one person to the next. Should we be terrified? In short: No.
It’s the best news in dementia research for years. So why is no one celebrating?
Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore, looks at a 50-year-old woman who develops Alzheimer’s. Watching the film is a difficult experience for Wendy Mithcell, 58, who also has the disease.
If this winter has identified anything it is that the health and social care system is not working together as well as it should. Indeed, some less kindly souls might say it’s barely working at all.
Christmas is an isolating time for those with dementia – which is why the Alzheimer’s Society is encouraging people to become “dementia friends”.
Liza Grant was in her late 40s when the symptoms of dementia first appeared. The illness hit her husband and two teenage sons for six.
There may be no cure for Alzheimer’s in sight – but new research gives cause for optimism that there is the chance of preventing it – for some.
Ahead of this week’s dementia summit, King’s College London researchers tell Channel 4 News they have made a significant advance in developing a blood test which could detect Alzheimer’s, even before clinical symptoms appear.