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Dementia diagnoses hit record numbers as NHS battles to boost detection rates

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Dementia diagnoses hit record numbers as NHS battles to boost detection rates

Dementia diagnosis rates have improved since the pandemic. (Image: Getty) More people than ever before are living with a diagnosis of dementia in England as the NHS battles to boost detection rates. A record 487,432 people were known to be living with dementia as of June – but hundreds of thousands more have it. With … Read more

Dementia breakthrough as brain scan can predict condition nine years early

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Dementia breakthrough as brain scan can predict condition nine years early

Using MRI scans to look for brain patterns linked to Alzheimer’s can predict who will be diagnosed with dementia up to nine years early, a study suggests. A team at Queen Mary University of London developed a first-of-its-kind method, which involves analysing the network of connections in the brain when in “idle mode”. They claimed … Read more