85-Year-Old Missing From Westport Has Dementia – NBC Connecticut


NBC Connecticut

85-Year-Old Missing From Westport Has Dementia
NBC Connecticut
A Silver Alert has been issued for 85-year-old Robert Brannigan, who has Alzheimer's and dementia, according to police. advertisement. Police are searching for an 85-year-old Westport man who went missing today and say he suffers from Alzheimer's and ...
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Mental Health: Dementia risk can be reduced – NRToday.com


Mental Health: Dementia risk can be reduced
NRToday.com
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are often thought of as one and the same thing. However, while Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, it accounts for only about 45 percent of dementia cases. Another 30 percent of dementia cases are caused ...

Unprecedented breakthrough in the hunt for a dementia drug within ‘five years’ – The Independent


The Independent

Unprecedented breakthrough in the hunt for a dementia drug within 'five years'
The Independent
Highlighting the urgency of scientists' efforts to combat the disease, the Alzheimer's Society published new figures revealing that the global burden of dementia has increased by 22 per cent in just three years. 44 million people worldwide now have the ...