by John McMillan | Sep 26, 2025 | Dementia, Mental Health
Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin University Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn’t only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running US study of older adults has now linked chronic insomnia to changes inside the brain that set the stage for...
by John McMillan | Sep 12, 2025 | Dementia
Julia Chapman, Macquarie University; Camilla Hoyos, Macquarie University, and Craig Phillips, Macquarie University The brain has its own waste disposal system – known as the glymphatic system – that’s thought to be more active when we sleep. But disrupted sleep might...
by John McMillan | Jul 18, 2025 | Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Christian van Nieuwerburgh, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Want to remember things better as you get older? The secret might be surprisingly simple: focus on feeling good. Recent research involving over 10,000 people aged 50 and above has found that...
by John McMillan | Jun 27, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Eef Hogervorst, Loughborough University; Ahmet Begde, Loughborough University, and Thom Wilcockson, Loughborough University The eyes can reveal a lot about the health of our brain. Indeed, problems with the eyes can be one of the earliest signs of cognitive decline....
by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Michael Hornberger, University of East Anglia Ever heard of Fischer’s disease? No? Maybe that is not surprising, because it doesn’t exist. But it could have. In fact, the disease we now know as Alzheimer’s disease might just as easily have been called Fischer’s...
by John McMillan | Apr 18, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Molly Murray, University of the West of Scotland Around 57 million people worldwide have dementia. While most cases of dementia are diagnosed in older adults, about 7% of cases occur in people under 65. This number may be even higher as young-onset dementia continues...
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