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Dementia

Article thumbnail: HEIDELBERG, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 05: In this photo illustration father and son are touching their hands on February 05, 2022 in Heidelberg, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Ute Grabowsky/Getty Images)

UK dementia rates set to fall as study finds NHS shingles jab reduces risk

University of Oxford finding shows the Shingrix vaccine is linked to a 'significantly' lower risk of dementia in the six years after vaccination than the previously-used NHS jab

I'm 29 and moved in with a 90-year-old - it only costs me £150 in rent

'We only realised my horse racing fan nan had dementia when she stopped betting’

Article thumbnail: An elderly care home resident walks with an employee at the public EHPAD "Pays Vert" in Mauriac, central France, on March 23, 2022. (Photo by Thierry ZOCCOLAN / AFP) (Photo by THIERRY ZOCCOLAN/AFP via Getty Images)

'My dad's dementia means he won't know if I got him a Father's Day card'

Dementia predicted 'up to nine years before diagnosis' with new test