SPIN-D Co-lead, Professor Chris Fox (University of Exeter), recently spoke to the Daily Mail Online.
According to the article, an estimated one in five people diagnosed with dementia has mixed dementia – a combination of more than one different type of the disease.
The combination of Alzheimer’s with vascular dementia is the most common. Other common types of dementia include dementia with Lewy bodies (where abnormal protein clumps form inside brain cells) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a type that affects the frontal temporal lobes of the brain involved in behaviour and language.
Importance of specific diagnosis
“Specific diagnosis could also mean patients benefit from any relevant new drugs that may become available”
Prof Chris Fox
Read the full article published on 6 January 2026: I have vascular dementia AND Alzheimer’s. So why do I feel there’s a silver lining to having both? A former senior nurse tells all… | Daily Mail Online
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