“Staying safe” – a narrative review of falls prevention in people with Parkinson’s – “PDSAFE”
Dementia ResearcherParkinson’s disease demonstrates a spectrum of motor and non-motor symptoms. Falling is common and disabling.
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3 hot topics from the world’s largest dementia research conference
Aoife Kiely, Research Communications Officer, shares her highlights from the AAIC with insights from Dr Doug Brown, Chief Policy and Research Officer.
Across Time and Space: Machine Learning Reveals Paths to Dementia
Alz ForumDeveloping computational algorithms & machine-learning techniques, to transform cross-sectional imaging data to a longitudinal picture and reconstruct the sequence of disease progression.
Air Pollution and Dementia—Through Hazy Data, Links Emerge
Traffic and industrial exhaust have long been linked to respiratory and cardiovascular disease, but far fewer studies have examined what this smog might do to the brain.
Alexa, do science! Voice-activated assistants hit the lab bench
Research-optimized tools can take notes, dictate instructions and answer questions, allowing researchers to work hands-free.
Alzforum’s Dataset of APP Mutations Gets a Makeover
The notorious amyloid precursor protein, central to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis, sports a new look on Alzforum’s Mutations database.
Alzheimer’s Afternoons seminar series
”Alzheimer’s Afternoons” a bi-weekly online seminar series focused on the cell biology of AD. Catch-up now, and make this a standing item in your diaries.
An Antimicrobial Approach to Treating Alzheimer’s?
Brush, Floss, Take a Protease Inhibitor? Do periodontal bacteria cause some cases of Alzheimer’s disease? Scientists at one start-up think so.
An introduction to overviews of reviews: planning a relevant research question and objective for an overview
Overviews of systematic reviews are a relatively new approach to synthesising evidence, and research methods and associated guidance are developing.
Analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data
In this webinar Professor Ruth Hancock analyses the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data.
Are Tauopathies Caused by Neuronal and Glial Senescence?
In AD, tau tangles correlate closely with neurodegeneration, but how they work their mischief remains unclear… or does it?
Aβ in Lewy Body Disease: Two Diseases at Once, or Another Beast Entirely?
Many people with Lewy body diseases (LBDs) such as Parkinson’s ultimately develop dementia, and many have Aβ plaques and tau tangles. Do they have two diseases at the same time, or is this combination of scourges a unique entity unto itself?