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Britain’s Gran Talent: Singer, 96, with Alzheimer’s will become BGT’s oldest ever contestant when she takes to the stage in pre-recorded ITV show By Eleanor Sharples Tv And Radio Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 1 May 2020 By the time they reach their nineties, most … Read more
Jill Gascoine has died aged 83 following a ten-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease as her family say they are ‘relieved she is not suffering anymore.’ The British actress, best known for her TV role as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in 1980s TV series The Gentle Touch, and spin-off C.A.T.S. Eyes and The Onedin Line, was married … Read more
Jane Horrocks reveals her heartache over her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s and says it has left her feeling ‘like an orphan’ By Emma Powell Showbusiness Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:39 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 22:39 BST, 21 April 2020 She’s best known for her hilarious turn as a ditzy assistant in … Read more
Match of the Day legend Des Lynam, 77, is ‘devastated’ and denies having dementia after his former co-star Mark Lawrenson announced he was struggling with the illness on a football podcast Ex-footballer Mark Lawrenson, 62, was speaking on the Off The Ball podcast Claimed that ex-co star Des Lynam, 77, was ‘not well’ and might have … Read more
‘We laugh a lot’: Barbara Windsor, 82, can still remember all of her Carry On jokes amid Alzheimer’s battle reveals her close friend Christopher Biggins By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 09:23 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 09:46 GMT, 25 March 2020 Barbara Windsor has a remarkable ability to remember her past jokes and … Read more
Eric Weissberg, one of the musicians behind the iconic Deliverance song Dueling Banjos, passed away from Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 80 By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 04:24 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 04:24 GMT, 24 March 2020 Eric Weissberg, who along with Steve Mandell recorded the iconic Dueling Banjos song from … Read more
A simple blood test can detect Alzheimer’s disease early in people who visit their doctor with worsening memory. Scientists in the US say the test could be used by practitioners within five years, and is more accurate and quicker than current methods. The tool measures levels of a protein called tau in the blood, which … Read more
MEMOIR Mapperton Moments by John Montagu (Skyscraper £10, 224 pp) Leaking house, leaking pond, leaking puppy, leaking father… these touching diaries of John Montagu (now the 11th Earl of Sandwich), chronicling his father’s slow decline into Alzheimer’s disease and death over eight years, have them all, in dripping abundance. Drip, drip, drip. It’s January 1987 … Read more
Build-up of a harmful protein in the brain can predict atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease patients at least one year in advance. Previous studies have shown that two tell-tale plaques, amyloid beta and tau, form clumps that smother and destroy neurons. But researchers found that only accumulation of the tau protein was indicative of where damage … Read more
Chris and I are on holiday – we’ve come to see an old friend Patricia, who lives here in Barcelona I am writing this column from my hotel room in Barcelona, sporting a large plaster on my left knee. Chris and I are on holiday – we’ve come to see an old friend Patricia, who lives … Read more