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# Alzheimers

Last year
2023
Nora Forster, wife of John Lydon, dies at age 80
6 Apr 2023
39.7k
13
US approves new drug designed to slow cognitive decline patients with Alzheimer's
Updated 6 Jan 2023
15.6k
8
All time
New Alzheimer’s drug hailed as ‘beginning of the end’ in search for treatment
30 Nov 2022
22.3k
13
Dutch doctor goes on trial on charges of euthanising patient with dementia in landmark case
26 Aug 2019
19.4k
A garden in the Bloom Festival is a space where people with dementia can reminisce
Kathy Ryan
29 May 2019
15.2k
6
Number of people with dementia set to double but stigma 'leading to delayed diagnosis'
29 Aug 2018
11.7k
14
An eye exam could predict Alzheimer's
25 Aug 2018
18.0k
3
Scientists in Waterford find nutritional supplement combo that slows down Alzheimer's disease
20 Jun 2018
51.0k
25
These Limerick students have developed a device to help track Alzheimer's patients
31 Dec 2017
13.7k
10
'I went into a bit of a depression': How an Alzheimer's diagnosis can upend a family's life
19 Dec 2017
10.1k
3
From Austria to Armagh - this Irishman is trekking 2,500km across Europe for dementia
12 Aug 2017
8.9k
6
'You're giving up everything and they don't want to get on with you. It was hard to bite my lip and keep going'
17 Jun 2017
16.3k
8
Why Ireland wants a registry to keep track of everyone who has dementia
27 Dec 2016
11.1k
15
What should you do if you or a family member has dementia? Here's some advice from an expert
Edel O'Connell
28 Aug 2016
6.0k
13
Dublin to host sing-along tea dance concerts for people with dementia
31 Jul 2016
11.5k
7
Strange changes in behaviour may be the first sign of dementia
30 Jul 2016
29.9k
13
"If he says black is white, I say, indeed it is Dad" - Rónán Mullen on his father's dementia
30 Jun 2016
24.6k
56
Social workers 'waiting for people to die' to get elderly clients the care they need
3 Jun 2016
9.4k
8
The hardest thing about Alzheimer's? Knowing your kids will watch you slowly disappear
Kathy Ryan
1 May 2016
771
41
'Sometimes, I see fear in his eyes. I constantly reassure him but reassurance only lasts seconds.'
Dorothy Mooney
9 Jun 2015
316
17
People look at me and say 'You don't look like somebody that has dementia'
4 Jun 2015
12.9k
11
People don't have to be afraid of dementia – they just need to know the facts
Ronan Smith
27 Apr 2015
1.4k
8
US politician found not guilty of sexually abusing his wife, an Alzheimer's patient
24 Apr 2015
23.0k
12
Irish 'marvel molecule' treatment will help people with Alzheimer's, arthritis and MS
17 Feb 2015
15.4k
33
Column: What it's like to care for a parent with Alzheimer's
Helen Cashell-Moran
7 Feb 2015
1.0k
25
This 2014 Year In Review video has an ending that will floor you
16 Dec 2014
3.2k
3
Column: 'My mother is not a person dying from Alzheimer’s – she is a hero living with it'
Sean Donal O Shea
30 Nov 2014
900
23
Opinion: Losing a parent to dementia requires a unique form of emotional stamina
Claire Micks
30 Sep 2014
34.8k
12
What does Alzheimer's Disease look like?
28 Sep 2014
17.4k
17
Video: Living with dementia – two families talk honestly about this heartbreaking disease
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
21 Sep 2014
1.4k
18
Sending electrical current to brain could help treat Alzheimer's
29 Aug 2014
7.1k
17
Scientists make 'major step forward' in predicting whether someone will get Alzheimer's
8 Jul 2014
10.5k
20
Leaving Cert students asked question on horsemeat scandal
10 Jun 2014
19.6k
38
Patient with dementia questioned after 21 die in fire at hospital for the elderly
28 May 2014
7.8k
5
Woman with Alzheimer's who went missing is found 46km from home
12 May 2014
20.8k
24
New brain implant could restore memory for Alzheimer's patients
2 May 2014
8.9k
13
Opinion: Dealing with dementia – why we are failing our parents and ultimately ourselves
Catherine W
1 May 2014
525
22
New blood test could predict onset of Alzheimer's
11 Mar 2014
6.1k
5
Memorial service for Peggy Mangan held over the weekend
7 Oct 2013
5.0k
7
Gardaí appeal for help tracing missing 65-year-old Margaret Mangan
25 Sep 2013
12.5k
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