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Diabetes drug to be tested as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

7 September 2022

Clinical trials across England and Scotland are underway to investigate if an existing diabetes medicine can potentially work as a disease-modifying option for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Novo Nordisk is now working alongside Join Dementia Research to investigate if the medicine, known as semaglutide, could also benefit people living with early Alzheimer’s disease. What the study […]

What’s that study? Investigating thinking and emotional regulation styles in older adults

18 February 2019

Laptop with the Join Dementia Research logo on the screen

We spoke to Anne-Marie Greenaway, PHD student at the University of Reading, who is leading a study to investigate the emotional wellbeing of people living with dementia. When someone experiences a low mood, it makes it more difficult to complete everyday tasks. Low mood increases the level of cognitive impairment in people living with dementia. As approximately half the number of […]

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