Gill Livingston
@gill_livingston
UCL professor, dementia researcher, psychiatrist. Mainly tweets about dementia but occasional venture into major mental illness or beautiful scenery
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26-01-2013 17:24:15
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Regina Paradela showed the potential for dementia prevention in Latin America. Thank you Gill Livingston, Naaheed Mukadam and Cleusa Ferri for the support. Gracias Ismael Calandri Lucía Crivelli Carolina Delgado for the collaboration. Our study will soon be out The Lancet Global Health
Will be free to access on The Lancet website and coming to a media outlet near you. So look out for it. Thanks to UCL Alzheimer's Society Economic and Social Research Council Alzheimer's Research UK for enabling it to happen.
Very excited to be #AAIC24 and preparing to launch #Lancetdementiacommission2024 tomorrow with Helen Frankish Andrew Sommerlad Naaheed Mukadam Lon S. Schneider, MD #kokoroshirai #geirselbaek. Come and hear about our findings on 31st at 4.15pm Hall A and pick up the paper.
It's today. 27 authors worked hard. We hope you like it, and it has impact on individuals, policy makers, clinicians, and researchers. The Lancet 2024 commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Helen Frankish Naaheed Mukadam Andrew Sommerlad Lon S. Schneider, MD et al.
Dementia has substantial health-care and social care costs, estimated at over USD$1 trillion worldwide annually. A The Lancet Healthy Longevity paper assessed the cost-effectiveness of population-level interventions for tackling dementia risk factors: buff.ly/4deyacn
14 modifiable risk factors account for 45% of dementia cases worldwide. In a new episode of #LancetVoice, Prof. Gill Livingston and Prof. Geir Selbaek join us to discuss the 2024 updates to the Lancet Commission on Dementia prevention. 🔊 Listen now: buzzsprout.com/861868/episode…
Nearly half of #dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 modifiable risk factors according to a new The Lancet Commission led by Prof Gill Livingston with Naaheed Mukadam UCL Psychiatry. Find out more ⬇️ bit.ly/4fkUwuy
New research led by Naaheed Mukadam (UCL Psychiatry) suggests that public health interventions such as reducing sugar/salt intake, improving air quality & making bike helmets compulsory for children could save £4bn in England by lowering dementia risk. bit.ly/3yyI7CE
I am sorry Dr Joanna Moncrieff but I have to speak up. Your tweet is a gross misrepresentation of those of us who are trying to improve prescribing practice. It is unhelpful
It's often thought that in #Alzheimer, neurons produce Aβ, with more active neurons making even more, leading to neuronal dysfunction. But our research in PLOS Biology shows that oligodendrocytes also produce a lot of (soluble) Aβ. This has been overlooked because most
Social participation and risk of developing #dementia nature.com/articles/s4358… by Andrew Sommerlad Gill Livingston Mika Kivimaki Epi of Ageing Susanne Röhr and others UCL Psychiatry via Nature Aging nature #Alzheimers #mentalhealth #health #publichealth
Great to see this house editorial from The Lancet Healthy Longevity focusing on the important of population-level interventions for #dementia risk reduction, and in particular our recent work led by Naaheed Mukadam Gill Livingston Martin Knapp Cambridge Public Health thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…
Well done to our sites for recruiting 8 participants in total in August, it's great to see the hard work continuing throughout the summer holiday period🌞 Special shout out to our Derbyshire site DerbyshireHealthcare 💙 for recruiting 3 participants in August!!
We UCL Psychiatry are offering training to deliver #START for family carers of people with dementia. First training day is on 16th September. For more information please contact [email protected] Penny Rapaport
"Defy dementia" podcast interview of me about new risk factors in The Lancet Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 is attached. Thanks to them, all co-authors & UCL Psychiatry Alzheimer's Society TeamARUK Economic and Social Research Council support. Everyone should know how to reduce dementia risk.