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All the posts every put on our website. Blogs, Podcasts, Careers Support, News and all the good stuff that you wouldn’t want to miss. Only made possible thanks to funding from our amazing partners, NIHR, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society & Race Against Dementia.

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Blog – Pain, Perception, and Childbirth: Can a Woman be Believed?

28/08/2024

Emily Spencer

Emily Spencer explores how dismissing women’s pain in childbirth parallels the disbelief faced by people with dementia in healthcare settings.

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Profile – Mike Parish, Lived Experience Researcher

28/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

Mike Parish is a lived experience researcher, Post-Carer for his husband / Director LGBTQ+ Dementia Advisory Group CIC passionate about public involvement

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Alzheimer’s Society invests £9m in Doctoral Training Centres

28/08/2024

Alzheimer's Society

Alzheimer’s Society invests £9m in Doctoral Training Centres to boost early career researchers and accelerate dementia research breakthroughs.

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Profile – David Ross, Lived Experience Researcher

27/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

David Ross is a lived experience researcher, patient and public involvement contributor and supporter of co-produced dementia research.

Science

Cash for catching scientific errors

27/08/2024

Nature Careers Blog

The ERROR project offers researchers a bounty for spotting mistakes in published papers — a strategy borrowed from the software industry. From Nature Careers

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Shingles vaccine could lower risk of dementia

24/08/2024

NIHR

A new study has found that the new shingles vaccine ‘Shingrix’ is more protective against dementia compared to the previous shingles vaccine.

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Toolkit for Sharing Clinical Trial Results with Participants

23/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

Sharing Clinical Trials results with trial participants builds trust, show respect, and help participants feel valued. The MRC SHOW RESPECT framework can help

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Blog – Poetic Tales from Dementia Wards

23/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

Dr Ayokunmi Ojebode unveils the emotional depth and dignity of those living with dementia through the powerful lens of poetry – Read or Listen

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Golnaz Atefi’s 1,000km Skating Journey for Dementia Research

22/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

Interview with Golnaz Atefi about her unique plans to roller skate 1000km in 30 days across Europe, in support of research and World Alzheimer’s Month.

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Lecanemab recieves NICE rejection

22/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

NICE draft recommendation says Lecanemab benefits are too small to support approval after looking at cost and clinical trials evidence

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Lecanemab recieves UK MHRA approval

22/08/2024

Dementia Researcher

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a product licence for lecanemab (Leqembi) for use in the early stages of Alzheimer’s

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Blog – Selfish Reasons for Open Science

21/08/2024

Rebecca Williams

Explore the selfish benefits of Open Science with Rebecca Williams: faster analysis, easier publishing, and free sanity checks. Make Open Science work for you!