Dementia: Could lessons from Covid help find a cure?

<p>Just before the pandemic, the government promised a 'dementia moonshot' to blast us towards a dementia cure. What happened to it?</p><p>Today: former prime minister David Cameron and Sunday Times science editor Ben Spencer on Britain’s fastest growing disease, dementia.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/digital/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=podcastsubs&amp;utm_content=storiesofourtimes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><strong>Guests</strong>:</p><p>- Ben Spencer, science editor, The Sunday Times.</p><p>- David Cameron, former UK prime minister and president of Alzheimer's Research UK.</p><p>- Willy Gilder, former BBC radio reporter, living with Alzheimer’s disease.</p><p><strong>Clips</strong>: BBC, Channel 4 News, Sky News, ABC News, WRTV.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>