News and events

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• Mother's Day song supports Alzheimer's Research Trust

  9th March 2010

  Singer, songwriter, actress and playwright Eleanor Bennet has released her premier single, Mother and Child, to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. On the run up to Mother's Day, the song has wo

• The progress of Alzheimer’s research – free public meeting

  4th March 2010

  Exciting information about recent progress in Alzheimer’s research will be examined at a free public meeting in Southampton on Wednesday 17 March.

• Greater purpose in life associated with reduced Alzheimer's risk

  3rd March 2010

  Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, US, found thatpeople who report having greater purpose in their lives appear less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. Their findings are published in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.