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Study suggests link between cynicism and dementia
BBC News
Dementia is a syndrome categorised by a decline in memory, thinking speed, mental agility, language, understanding and judgement. One in three people aged over 65 in Britain will develop dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Society in the UK. In 1998 …
Cynics are three times more prone to have Alzheimer’s: StudyTech Times
Cynics ‘more at risk of dementia‘The Daily Star
Being Too Cynical Increases Risk of Dementia: StudyInternational Business Times, India Edition
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Cynics ‘face far higher risk of Alzheimer’s‘
Daily Mail
Dr Simon Ridley, from Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: ‘There are likely to be many risk factors for dementia and this study suggests that a person’s outlook may also have a role to play. ‘However, only a small number of the volunteers studied developed …

Raising community awareness of dementia services
Newtown Abbey Times
Raising community awareness of dementia services. Lesley Killen and Colin Downey, from the Alzheimer’s Society, pictured at awareness raising event for Dementia Awareness Week in Tesco, Newtownabbey. INNT 22-481-CON. Published on the 29 May
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Remembering your loved onesOak Park Leaves
Volunteers needed to help support Alzheimers victims and familiesCowichan News Leader Pictorial
Alzheimer’s roadshow stops off in AmmanfordSouth Wales Guardian
Hamilton Spectator
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Cynics three times more likely to suffer from dementia
Telegraph.co.uk
Dr Doug Brown of the Alzheimer’s Society said: “While this research attempts to make a link between higher levels of cynical distrust and risk of dementia, there were far too few people in this study that actually developed dementia to be able to draw …

Birches to hold series on Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia
Bucks County Courier Times
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Birches at Newtown Personal Care and Memory Care facility will hold a two-part educational series on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The series is free and open to the public. However, anyone interested in attending one …

Aging baby boomers could mean increase in dementia, Alzheimer’s patients
Sawyer County Record
In Wisconsin, it’s estimated that about 120,000 people have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Those numbers could triple by 2050 because of the aging Baby Boomer population, experts say. While many dementia caregivers currently face …

Online memory test developed by Toronto medical clinic aimed at a society …
National Post
But in an era when the spectre of Alzheimer’s hovers above older people like a neurological Damocles sword, the Calgary resident could not help but wonder just how sharp her faculties were. “I’m in the over-70 … “We certainly hear a lot about dementia.”.
Online memory test aimed at a society increasingly worried over Alzheimer’sOttawa Citizen
New test may help in early detection of dementiaRegina Leader-Post
Baycrest memory experts launch ‘thermometer’ for the mindCanada NewsWire (press release)

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Brain ‘thermometer’ measures dementia
Windsor Star (blog)
… measures dementia. Doctor Angela Troyer, a psychologist at Baycrest Health Sciences, is part of a new online memory test to let people see if they might have cognitive problems, including possible early Alzheimer’s. (Peter J. Thompson/Postmedia News).
Online memory test aimed at a society increasingly worried over Alzheimer’sMontreal Gazette
Want to know how good your memory actually is?Brampton Guardian
New test may help in early detection of dementiaRegina Leader-Post

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ADI advocates for global public policy on dementia, Alzheimer’s
Trinidad News
The programme included sessions on: “Dementia as a Global Priority,” “Nutrition and Dementia,” “Improving Care for Persons with Dementia” and the result of the latest research on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia. ADI released two important statements …

Don’t despair: dementia will be cured
Telegraph.co.uk
The most common form of adult dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, named after Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), who first described its symptoms and pathological character in a lecture in 1906. Alzheimer’s disease is now one of the most feared and debilitating …

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