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Women’s Heart Health and Dementia Risk – XXplored Podcast
Dr Jenny Rabin and Dr Louise Schindler on why heart health shapes women's dementia risk, from midlife blood pressure to menopause, HRT and GLP-1s.
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- Celebrating Scottish Research: A Carer on PPI
Carer and PPI member Fiona Hartley on the Celebrating Scottish Research conference in Stirling, co-production, and why other conditions matter in dementia.
- From Research to Clinical: Seeing Neurological Disease from Two Perspectives
Rahul Sidhu and Prisha Sharma started out in neuroscience research. One stayed in the lab, one moved into clinical work. They compare notes on both paths.
- Beyond the Lab Bubble: Why PhD Teamwork Matters
Beccy Owen swaps the lab for gorge walking and Silverstone, and finds that a PhD might be an individual qualification, but science is a team sport.
- Does Rugby Cause Dementia? A Player-Epidemiologist’s View
Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.
- Pandas, dementia and why we need to reach Early Career Researchers
Why are people living with dementia in care homes still left out of research? Bernie McInally on what early career researchers hear, and what they don't.
- When research becomes your reality: dementia and cancer
Dr Chloe Fawns-Ritchie researches how health conditions shape cognitive decline. Then her mum got dementia, heart disease and cancer, all before 63.
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All podcastsDr Jenny Rabin and Dr Louise Schindler on why heart health shapes women's dementia risk, from midlife blood pressure to menopause, HRT and GLP-1s.
Watch or listenIn this podcast, Sarah Marzi, Georgina Charlesworth, Nathan Davies and Amanda Heslegrave share how to start and manage academic collaborations that work.
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UCL turns 200. Selina Wray, Aygun Badalova, Tammaryn Lashley and Andre Altmann on what dementia research has achieved there, and what needs to come next.
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Professor Christian Benedict and Dr Alana Brown on why women's sleep differs from men's, what the menstrual cycle changes, and why sleep apnea gets missed.
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