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Sweethearts

Dementia prevalence figures in the UK show decline over past 20 years

16 Jul 2013

Results from two major cohort studies, led by the University of Cambridge and supported by the Medical Research Council, reveal that the number of...

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Image, magnified a million times, of amyloid fibril, the type of protein  structures that are formed in Alzheimer’s

Scientists identify molecular trigger for Alzheimer’s disease

21 May 2013

New research establishes nature of malfunction in protein molecules that can lead to onset of dementia.

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CANTABmobile report of cognitive function

Fast-tracking dementia diagnosis

09 Nov 2012

The amount of time it takes to diagnose dementia could be reduced from the current 18 months to just three months, thanks in part to technology...

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Collaborative public health research

Anglo-US public health research partnership forged

12 Oct 2012

The University of Cambridge and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health will pioneer...

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hospital corridor

Delirium increases the risk of developing new dementia eight-fold in older patients

10 Aug 2012

Delirium also found to worsen severity in those already diagnosed with dementia and increase the pace of cognitive decline.

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Marking Parkinson's

Physical sciences illuminate neurodegenerative diseases

28 May 2012

What do physicists, chemists, mathematicians and biologists have in common? One of the answers at Cambridge is a shared interest in unravelling the...

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Institute of Public Health

Rooted in evidence: a public health response to dementia

09 May 2012

Research programmes at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health focus on common chronic disorders. Currently under the spotlight is dementia and a...

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Numb.

The next decade of mental health drugs

15 Mar 2012

Academics advocate for changes to how we development better treatments for mental health.

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Vinay at home

Defeating dementia in Down’s syndrome

08 Feb 2012

A £1m brain-imaging study has just been launched at the University of Cambridge to investigate why people with Down’s syndrome (DS) are at such high...

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Neural stem cells

Brain cells created from patients’ skin cells

06 Feb 2012

Research paves way for innovative techniques to explore disease as diverse as autism and Alzheimer’s.

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Pills

Drug side effect linked with increased health risks for over 65s

24 Jun 2011

A side effect of many commonly used drugs appears to increase the risks of both cognitive impairment and death.

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Brain scans

Test could detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier

16 May 2011

Innovation on the strength of a simple test identified in a new study would enable intervention before damage is done.

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