This is number 2 in the new series of Louis Theroux, shown on the BBC on 26 April 2012. Here we watch as Louis travels to Phoenix, Arizona, which is said to be the capital of dementia care in the USA. He explores dementia and how it erodes the personality of the sufferer and how loved ones...
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Love her or hate her, Margaret Thatcher was one of the UK’s most controversial Prime Ministers and the film portraying her life as The Iron Lady, has won Meryl Streep a Bafta Award for Best actress at the 2012 Bafta Awards. The British awards ceremony was dominated by the film “The Artist” which won...
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Rumour has it that Coronation Street is about to involve a storyline where a character of the street will develop dementia. But which character will it be? We don’t want to speculate to much on the name of the person in the street who will have the story lines but it most certainly will...
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The music industry is loosing one of its much loved country musicians to Alzheimers, Glenn Campbell has announced he has the disease and will retire from public life before the illness gets worse. The singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 6 months ago and plans a series of farewell tour’s later in the year begining...
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From BBC News. 04/04/11 Five more genes which increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease have been identified, scientists say. It takes the number of identified genes linked to Alzheimer’s to 10 – the new genes affect three bodily processes and could become targets for treatment. If the effects of all 10 could be...
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8/3/2011 From BBC News…Treating stroke survivors for a heartbeat problem called atrial fibrillation (AF) might prevent many patients from going on to develop dementia, UK experts believe.Research into nearly 50,000 patients’ records found that AF after a stroke more than doubles the risk of dementia. Doctors say we should now investigate whether more vigorous...
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