Once a year, many of the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) team meet in a General Assembly to discuss the study progress and future plans. Referred to as the “Epadistas”, maybe reflecting the sense of revolution as opposed to evolution of the EPAD approach to preventing dementia, the 150 EPAD study team who attended … Continue reading Stockholm’s warm welcome to the EPAD study
On 28th May we have 5 teams of four people running in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival ‘Hairy Haggis’ Relay. The 20 people in the teams are members of staff from across the University, international research collaborators (from Belgium) and participants in the PREVENT Dementia project. It has blown me away how engaged everyone is in our … Continue reading In the running to PREVENT Dementia
To mark Dementia Awareness week, we invited our research participants to send in any questions they had about dementia, to be answered by our scientists, clinicians and researchers. We received a fantastic response, and would like to thank everyone who took the time to contact us. Here are the most popular questions, with answers from … Continue reading Dementia Awareness Week: Your questions answered
We are thrilled that the PREVENT Dementia study has reached a point where the study follow-up visits are on-going and preliminary results from the baseline assessments have just been published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. The PREVENT Dementia study is looking to identify early indicators of dementia in middle aged people that may appear decades before any dementia symptoms occur. … Continue reading Mapping out specific cognitive abilities in midlife might predict future dementia risk
We are delighted to announce CDP’s involvement in this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival: Dementia research and prevention: illuminating brain changes Saturday 15 — Sunday 16 April Join us for an illuminating evening of scientific discussion and research at the University of Edinburgh’s dementia research laboratory. Supported by Alzheimer’s Research UK, this event offers a … Continue reading Dementia in the spotlight at this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival
The Centre for Dementia Prevention Basic Science domain studies the early development of neurodegenerative disease. In a new publication Eleanor Pickett (pictured below) and colleagues looked at a protein called tau and the role of tau tangles in the very earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease development on a mouse model. The authors highlight the importance … Continue reading Study confirms the early role of protein tau in the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model
As research and clinical trials into Alzheimer’s disease continue to move towards focusing on a preclinical and an outwardly healthy population, a new international study evaluates the role of education in later life memory performance. One of the senior academics in the Centre for Dementia Prevention and a Senior Lecturer in Statistics Dr Graciela Muniz-Terrera … Continue reading Evaluating the role of education in protecting against cognitive decline and memory changes: a cross European study
With an increasing global effort and collaboration in developing new treatments and a better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, it is pertinent to link the progress made in research to how communication around Alzheimer’s disease has evolved alongside the science. As the Centre for Dementia Prevention prepares to open new clinical trials reaching an even greater … Continue reading Ethical issues around the language used to talk about Alzheimer’s disease
A new collaborative study by the University of Edinburgh shows that older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely. The Mediterranean diet includes large amounts of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, beans and cereal grains such as wheat and … Continue reading Benefits of Mediterranean-type diet on brain health
With Christmas and holiday season right before us, we are sending all our trial participants, colleagues, collaborators and friends a huge thanks for making 2016 a great year and hope you have a fantastic end of the year. It has been an exciting year for dementia research, from the Alzheimer’s Association conference in Toronto where … Continue reading A heartfelt thanks and holiday wishes from our centre
