Alzheimer’s disease explained

Dementia – a broad term for a group of conditions including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia – is sadly on the rise. This heartbreaking affliction causes decline in memory, thinking, and beha

In recent years, there has been a huge surge of interest in the link between our hearing and our chances of getting dementia. Stories in the press have suggested that up to a third of dementia cases m

TV presenter Fiona Phillips was only 60 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Here, she and her husband, Martin Frizell, bravely share how her life has changed in the past three years and what the future looks like

When dementia takes hold, it can be difficult to keep it at bay – but your lifestyle is responsible for up to 76% of changes in the ageing of the brain, says Age UK. What you eat, how much you exercis

A few tweaks can make a difference when it comes to a sharper brain

More than 70,000 people under 65 are living with young-onset dementia, just like former GMTV host Fiona Phillips, who discusses her struggles in her new memoir. Here we speak to two couples who had to cope with the same shattering diagnosis