Research from the University of Washington School of Public Health showed that impairment of either vision or hearing increases the risk of developing dementia, says Alzheimer’s Society. 

Alzheimer’s Society comments on new dementia research: "With one person developing dementia every three minutes in the UK, knowing how to lower our dementia risk couldn’t be more vital."

The Health Foundation's Director Jo Bibby calls for a "whole-government approach" to health and social care and one which "places the value of people’s health and wellbeing on an equal footing with measures of GDP".

"This isn’t good enough," says Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, Health Select Committee Chair Sarah Wollaston, and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joined parliamentarians in celebrating NHS staff at the annual NHS Parliamentary Awards. 

Amber Rudd has said she will look to axe a rule in Britain's benefits system which forces dying patients to undergo health assessments.

Since the promise of the Green Paper on social care reform in March 2017, the dementia care crisis has reached absolute breaking point, says the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to call for smoking to be wiped out in England completely by 2030, a leaked government plan has revealed.

Kevan Jones MP invites leading heart charity to bring its campaign for a national strategy for the prevention of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) back to Westminster.

Mind is concerned that thousands of people with mental health problems may be missing out on vital support that they should be entitled to. 

Boris Johnson today announced that he would ban the UK’s ‘Sugar Tax’ as it ‘clobbers those, who can least afford it’, BANT have responded.  

Labour has said Health Secretary Matt Hancock must quit the Cabinet if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister and scraps the sugar tax.

Penny Mordaunt has said that Parliament will move to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland if the Government fails to act.

Boris Johnson has vowed to end "the continuing creep of the nanny state” if he becomes Prime Minister by threatening to axe taxes on unhealthy food.

Ministers should “urgently” probe the benefits of medicinal cannabis with a view to giving doctors the confidence to prescribe it more widely, MPs have said.

We must not forget politicians are human and do an incredibly difficult job, says Mind. 

MPs are more likely to suffer depression, unhappiness and worthlessness than the general public, a new study has found.

In a post-Brexit world, the Government is seeking to forge a new bilateral trade agreement with the US. But this could have wide-ranging implications for the UK’s life sciences sector, as Nabil Rastani writes. 

Boris Johnson has dropped a major hint that he would scrap plans for a new Government sugar crackdown if he becomes Prime Minister.

A new recommendation, as part of NICE’s updated quality standard on dementia (published today, 28th June), says people living with dementia and people involved in their care should be given the opportunity to talk about the life experiences, preferences, interests, strengths and needs of the person with a healthcare professional.

BANT (British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine) is shocked but unsurprised that Public Health England’s (PHE) ‘Commercial Infant and Baby Food and Drink: Evidence Review’ found that food manufacturers of ultra-processed foods and drinks (UPFDs) are aggressively targeting the infant and baby food and drink market.  

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) today publishes its annual budget survey of members, revealing how the failure of successive governments to address long-term funding for adult social care is negatively affecting those who rely on these essential services.

Today the Government has announced a series of reforms that are meant to improve the lives of disabled people. The announcements relate to a potential Green Paper consultation on benefits, changes to statutory sick pay (SSP) and the forming of a cross-Government disability unit. Promises were made about making sure disabled people are at the heart of government policy. 

Debbie Abrahams MP urges the Government to include a Dementia Fund in the forthcoming Spending Review to end the unfairness facing people with dementia.