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Alzheimer’s Memory Walk 2022 in Kilkenny

Comedian Neil Delamere and beauty expert and entrepreneur Pamela Laird are inviting the public to rake part in the third successive Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, supported by Irish Life, which is taking place nationwide on Sunday, September 18 during ...

23 Aug 2022 at 12:33

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Cashel artist's exhibition of paintings an inspiration to people living with dementia

Marguerite Keating hasn’t allowed being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease hold her back from continuing her passion for painting; and two weeks ago an exhibition of her art was opened at Cashel Library. Her exhibition, aptly named The Journey ...

26 Apr 2022 at 17:33

Loss of neurons, not lack of sleep, makes Alzheimer’s patients drowsy – study

The tiredness that Alzheimer’s patients experience is not caused by a lack of sleep, but the system in their brain that keeps them awake no longer works, a new study suggests. The findings contradict the common belief that Alzheimer’s disease ...

04 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Landmark study links 42 genes to Alzheimer’s disease for first time

More than 40 genes have been linked for the first time to Alzheimer’s disease in a “landmark” study, paving the way for better diagnosis and treatment. Global scientists, including from the UK, carried out the biggest research project of its ...

04 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Brain’s ability to clear Alzheimer’s protein ‘linked to body’s 24-hour clock’

The brain’s ability to clear a protein closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease is linked to the body’s 24-hour clock, a new study suggests. The findings provide a potential explanation for the association between Alzheimer’s disease and ...

10 Feb 2022 at 20:25

New method could help predict Alzheimer’s risk before symptoms start – study

Researchers have developed a new method that could help identify people who are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear. Experts suggest this could help speed up the creation of new treatments for the ...

01 Sept 2022 at 20:00

Blood markers ‘may reveal rare form of Alzheimer’s 10 years before symptoms’

Scientists have discovered blood markers that could help identify people with a rare, inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease a decade before symptoms begin to appear. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found that ...

11 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Molecule in urine ‘could be the first to reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease’

A new study is the first to identify a molecule in urine that can reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The research suggests the finding could pave the way for an inexpensive and convenient test for the disease. In other words, ...

30 Nov 2022 at 06:00

New Alzheimer’s drug hailed as ‘beginning of the end’ in search for treatment

Experts have hailed the “beginning of the end” in the search for effective Alzheimer’s treatments after a new drug reduced memory decline among patients with early stages of the disease. Lecanemab, which is designed to target and ...

30 Nov 2022 at 02:38

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug could be in UK use in a year but only for minority

(adds detail in final three pars) Patients could be getting breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug in a year, experts have said, but only a small proportion of patients will benefit unless more is done to boost dementia services in the ...

23 Nov 2022 at 18:56

Music

John Lydon on raising awareness about wife’s Alzheimer’s with Eurovision entry

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has said being able to raise awareness about his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease with his Eurovision bid song is already a win for him. The 66-year-old singer, who is vying to represent ...

16 Jan 2023 at 10:06

Blood test can detect ‘toxic’ protein years before Alzheimer’s symptoms – study

A blood test could detect a toxic protein years before Alzheimer’s disease symptoms appear, a new study suggests. Currently patients tend to receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s only after they show well-known signs of ...

05 Dec 2022 at 21:00

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