Tag: Alzheimer’s Reasearch UK

NHS spending watchdog to review evidence on Alzheimer’s treatments

Stuart Mitchell

England’s drugs costs watchdog is to look again at whether new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease should be made available on the NHS. An appeal found that National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) had failed to properly account for the wider impact of the treatments, including the heavy burden on unpaid carers, when calculating the cost effectiveness of the medicines. Both treatments, lecanemab and donanemab, will now return to a NICE committee for further consideration. “Today’s ruling is an opportunity for NICE to consider the real cost of Alzheimer’s on people and their families, and we…

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Chris Hemsworth releases Alzheimer’s documentary – How does connection help his Dad’s brain health?

Stuart Mitchell

Marvel star Chris Hemsworth is swapping the red carpet for the open road in a deeply personal new documentary from National Geographic.   A Road Trip to Remember follows Chris and his father, Craig, as they embark on a long-dreamed-of motorbike adventure across Australia.   For years the father and son talked about making the trip, but life always got in the way – until Craig’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis changed everything.   More recently the idea of taking that road trip reemerged with more pressing importance. The result was a more profound, more moving,…

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Stephen Fry calls on public to share poignant dementia film this Christmas

Stuart Mitchell

Actor, broadcaster and activist Stephen Fry is calling on the public to back dementia research again this Christmas after Alzheimer’s Research UK re-launches its award-winning Santa Forgot animation. Fry, who provided the voiceover for the original film, has penned a blog for the charity giving his backing to the campaign and describing his hope that future generations “will only be reading about Alzheimer’s and not experiencing it”. In a year where dementia has become the UK’s leading cause of death for the first time, he calls on the public to…

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