dementia

University of Liverpool Affiliated Charity MOWLL Marks 20 Years of Impact: Bridging Gaps and Inspiring Change

(IN BRIEF) MOWLL (Moving On With Life & Learning), a charitable organization affiliated with the University of Liverpool, is commemorating…

6 months ago

Alzheimer’s Research UK Funds University of Exeter Researchers to Advance Dementia Studies

(IN BRIEF) Alzheimer’s Research UK has provided £370k in grants to three researchers at the University of Exeter to support…

9 months ago

Breakthrough ‘Fastball EEG’ Test for Dementia Receives £1.5M Funding Boost

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the universities of Bath and Bristol have been awarded £1.5 million in funding to scale up…

10 months ago

Groundbreaking Whole-Body Scanning Study by UK Biobank Enters Second Phase

(IN BRIEF) UK Biobank has entered the second stage of its whole-body scanning study, where 60,000 volunteers will be re-scanned…

12 months ago

New study highlights financial struggles of people with dementia

(IN BRIEF) A new study funded by the Alzheimer's Society and the National Institute for Health and Care Research has…

1 year ago

EQT’s LSP Dementia Fund closes on €260m to invest in dementia research and development

(IN BRIEF) Private equity firm EQT Life Sciences has raised €260m in assets for its inaugural LSP Dementia Fund, which…

1 year ago

UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support University of East Anglia researchers in their study of Social Prescribing for people with dementia

(PRESS RELEASE) NORWICH, 21-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of East Anglia, a public research university based in Norwich, England, has…

1 year ago

New study by universities of Helsinki and Turku underlines the importance of higher education in dementia prevention

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Helsinki, the oldest and largest institution of academic education in Finland,…

2 years ago

Dementia research: Defects in the geneTREM2 linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 09-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Defects in the geneTREM2 are linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The gene…

5 years ago

Ricoh launches an innovative digital postcard tool to help those affected by dementia stay connected through personalised images

First of its kind Printed Memories portal designed to bring families closer together LONDON, 13-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ricoh has launched…

6 years ago

Pilot study reveals low-cost wearable devices that can be used to detect early warning signs of dementia

Body-worn sensors used at home and in clinic by people with mild Alzheimer’s to assess walking could offer a cost-effective…

6 years ago

Deutsche Telekom to introduce world’s first Virtual Reality (VR) game that helps scientists fight dementia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs1RM-i7SJs First consumer VR game where players can help to advance dementia research through gameplay Building on the success of…

7 years ago

Newcastle University scientists to help diagnose the dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) more accurately and improve management of the complex disorder

New guidelines have been published on the clinical and physical indicators to help ensure patients with dementia with Lewy bodies…

7 years ago

Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK pledged £50 million each towards UK’s first ever Dementia Research Institute

A quarter of a billion pounds has been pledged towards the UK’s first ever Dementia Research Institute. £100 million from…

8 years ago

University College London: change in sense of humour could be an early sign of dementia

LONDON, 12-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at UCL have revealed that a change in sense of humour could be an…

8 years ago

Newcastle University researchers found link between gait and dementia

Newcastle, UK, 27-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at Newcastle University have found a definitive link between gait - the way someone…

10 years ago