A recent study conducted by researchers from New York’s Rockefeller University has revealed that popular painkillers such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin could prevent SSRIs from working properly. The study in question was conducted on a group of ‘depressed’ mice, all of whom were put on antidepressants with 50 per cent of the group also read more »

The Alzheimer’s Society are calling for dementia checks on the NHS when individuals reach 75. According to the Alzheimer’s Society there are 750,000 people in the UK suffering with dementia with many cases going undiagnosed and many individuals not receiving the care they need. In order to combat this growing number and provide better care read more »

Care services minister Paul Burstow has recently announced the launch of a new government campaign which hopes to increase awareness of the early symptoms and signs of dementia. According to research and statistics, almost 400,000 individuals in England may not be receiving the proper help they need because they have not yet been officially diagnosed. read more »

Scientists from the University College London have discovered a new test which could be used as a way of detecting those at a high risk of Alzheimer’s before symptoms actually begin to develop. The experts studied 105 individuals in their 70s and 80s with no signs of mental deterioration. They closely observed those with a read more »

According to the Alzheimer’s Society there are more than twice the amount dementia sufferers in the UK than official NHS figures suggest. As it stands many cases go undiagnosed simply because sufferers are reluctant to seek medical help. The most recent NHS statistics show that 249,463 people in England have been diagnosed with dementia by read more »

Researchers have found that Alzheimer’s sufferers clear a damaging protein from their brains far slower than those who are healthy, reports BBC News. Scientists have known for a while now that a build up of the protein beta-amyloid is common in sufferers with dementia, but more recent findings from a US study have now suggested read more »