Dementia: Could lessons from Covid help find a cure?

Dementia: Could lessons from Covid help find ...

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Best of 2025: How ketamine’s on the rise and getting into the UK

In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re revisiting some of our favourite episodes of 2025. This episode was first published in April.Recreational use of the Class B drug ketamine doubled in 2024. A Sunday Times investigation has looked into where it's coming from and wh ...  عرض المزيد

The charity that stops prisoners reoffending

You probably don't need reminding how much of a mess our prisons are at the moment - run-down, overcrowded and sometimes with a revolving door for prisoners who reoffend. One of the charities supported by this year’s Times and Sunday Times Christmas appeal is Switchback, who’ve h ...  عرض المزيد

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David Cameron on the Alzheimer's Breakthrough
Newscast

The former prime minister says it’s his “happiest day” as president of Alzheimer’s Research UK, after the discovery of the first drug to slow the disease.He also speaks about whether he did enough during his premiership to support those who needed dementia care.And, the BBC’s hea ...  عرض المزيد

Revisiting 'The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia'
The Daily

Earlier this year, we shared the story of one family’s dispute over a loved one with dementia. That story, originally reported in The New York Times Magazine by Katie Engelhart, won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing this past week. Today, we're revisiting Katie’s story – ...

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The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia
The Daily

Across the United States, millions of families are confronting a seemingly impossible question: When dementia changes a relative, how much should they accommodate their new personality and desires?

Katie Engelhart, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, tells the stor ...

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A Hidden Shame in Nursing Homes
The Daily

For decades, the law has sought to restrain nursing homes from trying to control the behavior of dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs, which are known to have adverse health effects. 

An alarming rise in schizophrenia diagnoses suggests some homes have found a way ...

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