World Alzheimer's Month: Importance of national dementia plans
Dementia is seen as one of the main health and social care challenges of the 21st century. As a result of increasing life expectancy, there is no other disease… Read more »
Latest posts by Kathryn Smith (see all)
- Recent advances in targeted breast cancer treatments - 5th March 2014
- Coordinating care for people with dementia and their carers improves outcomes - 28th February 2014
- Accelerating medical discoveries in dementia and rheumatology - 6th February 2014
‘Tau-based therapeutic strategies’ – special series call for submissions
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy is accepting research submissions for consideration in a special series on tau-based therapeutic strategies for… Read more »
Traumatic brain injury – the link between contact sports and neurodegeneration
In September last year, the National Football League (NFL) pledged to provide $30 million in funding for medical research, the single-largest donation to any… Read more »
Latest developments in Alzheimer's drug discovery
Accelerating the development of innovative treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is the target for scientists brought together at the 14th… Read more »
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia: supplement
Dementia is a growing public health problem that affects over 30 million people worldwide – a figure predicted to double by 2030, according to the World… Read more »
Dementia Awareness Week: how useful are mouse models of Alzheimer's disease?
Guest blog post by Dr Scott Webster, University of Kentucky, USA Can Alzheimer’s disease memory problems be studied in a mouse model? A study published today… Read more »
Dementia Awareness Week: Alzheimer's Research & Therapy joins the discussion
This week is the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Awareness Week and Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy is talking about the impact of genetic variants on… Read more »
Changes in leadership for Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
We are delighted to welcome Dr Philip Scheltens to his new position as one of the Editors-in-Chief of Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, joining Dr… Read more »
Early pregnancy alters gene signature of mammary stem cells
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the United Kingdom and constitutes the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. One in eight women… Read more »
Cognitive aging and dementia – is it inevitable?
Cognitive aging in the brain affects all of us, and is the focus of a new thematic series launched in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. Aging can be… Read more »