Most men overestimated their prostate cancer risk which underscores the importance of providing them accurate information about prostate cancer bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8... (And sorry to be blunt, but many play to this fear. Thus we over screen and harm people in the process)

The “you might have had 5 years before going into residential care but with this treatment it would be 7 years” argument quoted here and repeatedly by John Hardy just isn’t supported by data. Patients and families depend on us for their understanding of what the drugs do.

General reaction to NICE announcement about lecanemab among old age psychiatry colleagues who work in memory services seems to be relief and gratitude to the members of the panel who have made a sensible decision that protects patients and NHS services for people with dementia.

This is a balanced and accurate review of the recent lecanemab announcement. Good reporting BBC. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Excited to see the Alzheimer’s Society Alzheimer's Society For Researchers invest £9m in Doctoral Training Centres! Supporting early career researchers is key to driving dementia research forward. 🧠 #DementiaResearch #FutureOfScience dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/alzheimers-soc…

Very, very fortunate to have Carol as my mentor over the last 6 years - a fitting tribute here, as she approaches her retirement in September. What a legacy. magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/public-health-…

beingpatient.com/screening-for-…

Great blog dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-think-big… #ECRdementia

Excellent reporting from Alzforum Liraglutide Trial Was Negative Four Years Ago, Still Negative Today alzforum.org/news/conferenc…

Incidence and Prevalence of Early-Onset Dementia in Finland | Neurology neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…

Very thoughtful piece on loneliness across the lifecourse The loneliness myth: what our shared stories of feeling alone reveal about why you can’t ‘fix’ this very human experience theconversation.com/the-loneliness… via The Conversation

Evidence-based strategies to prevent cognitive decline in older people sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Since 2015/16, the local authority public health grant has been cut by 28% in real terms/person. Today, we've published a new The Health Foundation long read setting out how the grant could be restored and more fairly shared between local authorities 🧵 1/ health.org.uk/publications/l…

Very interesting study - recombinant shingles vaccine appears to be associated with delayed dementia onset. Well conducted natural experiment design but, as author acknowledge, need trial to confirm nature.com/articles/s4159…

The fact that Eisai refuses to release data on whether amyloid clearance correlates to cognitive benefits at the level of individual participants taking Lecanemab at this point can only mean one thing: that it clearly does not favorably correlate. #Alzheimers

4 in 10 children in Central London who travelled to school by car switched to walking, cycling or public transport, following the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). MRC Epidemiology Unit researchers say children living over half a mile from school felt the biggest impact 👇

From physician associate to medical student bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Check out our latest spotlight, this time on visiting fellow Zahra Abbasi, who joined us from Universitetet i Oslo to work on her PhD, which explores how we can understand online-offline conceptualizations of mental health in Iran. Read more about Zahra here: cph.cam.ac.uk/people/researc…

Pride of place in the office 🤓🧠 Thanks Alzheimer's Society

Why numbers are sometimes better than words. What people think you say when you say “little chance,” “probably not,” or “highly likely.”