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People with dementia are miss out on sight & dental checks

28/09/2021

NIHR

NIHR Evidence has published new workd by Dr Catherine MacLeod suggesting people living with dementia need more support to access preventive health services.

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Blog – Green & Gold: Issues with open access publishing

28/09/2021

Dr Anna Volkmer

Publishing your research is great, but its even better if read. Dr Anna Volkmer discusses her current efforts to make a new publication open access.

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Blog – Top 10 tips for new PhD students

27/09/2021

Hannah Hussain

Hannah Hussain is about to finish the 1st year of her PhD, in preparing for her confirmation meeting, she shares her top 10 tips for new PhD Students

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Blog – Exploring the Meeting Centres Support Programme

23/09/2021

Nathan Stephens

In this blog Nathan Stephens discusses The Meeting Centre Support Programme, which also happens to be the focus of his PhD research.

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Dementia Diagnosis Reports

22/09/2021

Alzheimer's Society

Alzheimer’s Society has published a series of reports looking at the Dementia Diagnosis pathway, regional variation, challenges for minority, NHS and Care Homes

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Emerging Tech to Meet the Care & Support Needs

22/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

New publication by Sarah Abdi shares the consensus reached through a Delphi Study exploring the potential uses of new technologies in some care domains

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World Alzheimer’s Report 2021

22/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Disease International Annual Report informed by 50 leading experts, 3 global surveys, 1,111 clinicians, 2,325 people with dementia and carers

Science

From a 1m Samples, GWAS finds 7 New Alzheimer’s Spots

22/09/2021

Alz Forum

It took more than 1m samples, but researchers have managed to extract 7 fresh Alzheimer’s loci. Published September 7 in Nature Genetics.

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World Alzheimer’s Day Special Research Update

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

For World Alzheimer’s Day we asked our bloggers to reflect on they thought had progressed in their research fields & what should be the focus next year

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Dementia Attitudes Monitor Update

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Wave 2 of the Alzheimer’s Research UK Dementia Attitudes Monitor gives detailed insight into the UK’s attitudes towards and understanding of dementia

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Podcast – Meet the new Race Against Dementia ARUK Fellows

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Meet the new Race Against Dementia ARUK Research Fellows, discussing their plans what attracted them to this Fellowship and share their tips for others applying

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Profile – Dr Maura Malpetti, University of Cambridge

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia Fellow, at University of Cambridge. Utilising Neuroimaging & investigating fluid & behavioural markers in frontotemporal dementia

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