Alzheimer's Research Trust
Nonprofit Organization
Cash to find cure for dementia is slashed: Ministers go back on research-funding pledge...consequence of ageing. Rebecca Wood, of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: 'After years of talking up its commitment to dementia research, it is appalling that Government investment has fallen. Andy Burnham claimed that the... In this article: Dementia, Cancer, Department of Health, Alzheimer's, Andy Burnham, and Alzheimer's Research Trust |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Top ten stories | 4 days ago
Scientists hail Hobbie-J as 'cleverest rat'
...the study. Andrew Scheuber from the Alzheimer's Research Trust said: "This research involving rats may lead to new ways to reduce the risk of developing diseases like Alzheimer's or to ameliorate dementia symptoms. "A treatment...
In this article: Dementia, NR2B, Alzheimer's, University College London, Medical College of Georgia, and British Airways
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BBC News | October 13, 2009
David Blunkett pledges to donate his brain to help fight dementia.
...people and people with dementia." Brains for Dementia, which is jointly funded by the Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research Trust, has centres in Newcastle, Cardiff, London, Manchester and Oxford. Mr Blunkett, Labour MP for...
In this article: Dementia, David Blunkett, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer's, Discworld, Newcastle University, BBC Radio 5, Cancer, and Heart cancer
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Sunday Mirror | November 12, 2009
1,800 OAPS KILLED BY DEMENTIA SEDATIVES
...only about 36,000 of 180,000 patients on them get any benefit. Rebecca Wood of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, added: "We must urgently develop safe treatments for dementia." Care services minister Phil Hope vowed to increase non-drug...
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Memory test 'spots pre-dementia'
...changes in language use - simpler narratives and a smaller vocabulary. Risk lowered Rebecca Wood of the Alzheimer's Research Trust said: "This significant long-term study shows how subtle, but measurable, problems with language or...
In this article: Dementia, Alzheimer's, Oxford, and UK
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Half of Alzheimer's patients come out of hospital 'worse than when they went in'
...receive good quality care." Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: "This is a wake-up call for a health system that has failed to take the challenge of dementia seriously. "We must tackle dementia by...
In this article: Dementia, Alzheimer's, John Lewis Partnership, Dehydration, Hip fracture, and Royal College of Nursing
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150000 dementia sufferers 'being prescribed antipsychotic drugs unnecessarily'
Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: "It's critical that the dangers of wrongly-prescribed anti-psychotics are understood and Government action is taken to prevent putting more people at risk.
In this article: Dementia, Antipsychotic, Institute of Psychiatry, UK, King's College London, John Lewis Partnership, and BBC Radio 4
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The Alzheimer's Research Trust is the United Kingdom's leading dementia research charity, founded in 1992. It is dedicated to funding scientific studies to find ways to treat, cure or prevent Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy Body disease and fronto-temporal dementia.
It currently funds more than 150 research projects across the UK, and is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities.
As a charity, the Trust does not receive any government funding and instead relies on donations from individuals, companies and charitable trusts, money raised by individuals and gifts left in people's Wills to fund dementia research.
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