DEMENTIA
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Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity. Dementia is not a disease but a word used to describe a group of symptoms that occur when brain cells stop working properly. However, dementia is caused by diseases. The charity funds research to understand more about these diseases, aiming to improve our ability to diagnose them and find ways to reduce risk and develop life-changing new treatments.
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MOST PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA ARE OVER 65 AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA RISES WITH AGE. HOWEVER, IN THE UK OVER 40,000 PEOPLE UNDER 65 HAVE DEMENTIA TOO
Symptoms of dementia can include: 1. Memory loss 2. Changes in behaviour 3. Confusion & disorientation 4. Delusions & hallucinations 5. Difficulty communicating 6. Problems judging speeds & distances 7. Problems with balance & movement 28
FOR EVERY DEMENTIA RESEARCHER THERE ARE FOUR CANCER RESEARCHERS The number of people with dementia is predicted to rise
Alzheimer’s Research UK is bringing together more than 2,000 scientists from 47 different universities and research institutions across the UK into 15 virtual centres of scientific excellence
Around 95% of all cases dementia are due to Alzheimer vascular dementia, dementia w bodies and frontotemporal de
Two thirds of all dementia cases by Alzheimer’s (symptoms can changes in memory, low mood, communicating, and hallucin
Two in ten cases of dementia is Vascular Dementia (symptoms c movement problems, instabil falls, personality changes being slower in thinking
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