Researchers in the US have shown that a video game custom-designed to train multitasking abilities can improve cognition in older people.

Researchers in Cambridge have found that people living in countries with better sanitation and hygiene have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York have linked copper exposure to Alzheimer’s changes in the brains of mice.

Reports in the news today have focused on new research to develop a test to detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear.

New research in the US has found the ability to recognise and name famous people could be used to pick up a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia.

A research team led by scientists at the University of Central Lancashire has reported an association between Alzheimer’s disease and the presence of periodontal disease bacteria in the brain.

Researchers in Germany have made new steps towards a potential blood test for Alzheimer’s by studying molecules called miRNA circulating in the blood. The research is published on 29 July in the journal Genome Biology.

A study by researchers at University College Cork in Ireland and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, has found that people with dementia taking a class of blood pressure drug called centrally acting ACE inhibitors (CACE-Is) have a slower rate of cognitive decline. The findings are reported in the journal BMJ Open.

Taiwanese researchers have published findings that suggest exposure to general anaesthesia could increase dementia risk in the elderly by almost two fold.

New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2013 suggests that changes in levels of the protein amyloid, one of the key features of Alzheimer’s disease, are the earliest changes in the chain of events that occur as the disease develops. The findings, from three new studies, could be used to help improve the design of clinical trials in the future.