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#RIHLive What brilliant episode is your cruel co-presenter stopping you from doing?
Great to see @_MitchellCR on the panel discussing genomics and lifelong health #GERS2024
Interesting findings from this review of risk stratification. 👇
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Lots to action from this insightful work - greater community engagement, addressing mistrust, raising awareness and knowledge of genetic medicine, the need for better data collection, supporting and diversifying health professionals.
Just been watching the stimulating webinar launching this important report nhsrho.org/news/new-report-r…. Great to see much of our prior thinking cited
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Hot 🔥off the press The 2024 Europe Report of the #Lancet Countdown. Important emphasis that heat related deaths are rising and are disproportionately affecting women.🔥Heat was the focus of our report 'Heat, health and human genetics' shorturl.at/fqwG8
⚡ PUBLISHED TODAY: The 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown finds:
🌡️ Heat related deaths rising, disproportionately affecting women
🦟 Climatic suitability for infectious diseases increasing
🏭 Inadequate action to meet carbon neutrality targets
thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
An insightful and thought provoking talk by @emmeslin tonight at the @PHGFoundation WYNG-Hatton lecture. Let’s not drop the ball on AI in health and genomics.
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This evenings vote is critical in bringing us one step closer towards the first ever #SmokefreeGeneration. By voting in favour of the age of sale legislation and helping position the UK as a world leader in tobacco control, MPs have listened to the demands of their constituents and placed themselves on the right side of history. It’s essential that this Bill now moves swiftly through Parliament so that it can be implemented as soon as possible. Now is the time to take action, end cancers caused by smoking and save lives.
Having just joined @PHGFoundation this is a great summary of precision medicine and how it might best be used in primary care. Plenty of opportunities but also some important issues to address.
Current state of play in precision medicine mdpi.com/2075-4426/14/4/418 from co-authors William Evans, Nadeem Qureshi and Joe Kai (PRISM @UniofNottingham) & PHG senior fellow @emmeslin. #polygenicscores #omics #BigData & (of course) #ArtificialIntelligence
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Two world-class research teams – based at @ucl & @DementiasUK at @UniofOxford - will carry out UK-wide clinical trials to identify blood tests to boost dementia diagnosis.
We hope this will lead to blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s & other forms of dementia becoming available on the NHS within five years.
Memory clinics across the UK are to begin trialling blood tests to see if they can accurately diagnose dementia.
Dr Vanessa Raymont, from the University of Oxford, is leading a study which will recruit volunteers from more than 50 UK trial sites
bbc.co.uk/news/health-687267…
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Tackling dementia also means tackling smoking. Up to 5% of dementia cases worldwide could be prevented or delayed by stopping smoking.
We urge MPs to vote in favour of the #SmokefreeGeneration bill. 🚭
All living UK Chief Medical Officers support the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Smoking kills and harms very large numbers. Most smokers wish they had never started but are trapped by addiction.
A smoke-free generation would be a major health advance.
gov.uk/government/news/smoki…
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Great to see our Chief Exec @HilaryAlzUK speaking at #WIREDHealth about how we’re at a tipping point for change in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.
But there is so much more to do, and a big role for government and our health service to play.
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Delighted @AlzResearchUK supported this conversation expertly chaired by @andrew_harrop. An expert group of charity, industry and NHS representatives highlighted the strength of the UK life sciences sector. Some thoughts 🧵
Excited to be in parliament today with @AlzResearchUK discussing Labour's plan for life sciences and medical research with Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation @ChiOnwurah.
We know that health inequalities increase the risk of developing dementia. As a member of the Inequalities in Health Alliance, @AlzResearchUK are calling for a cross-government strategy to address the wider determinants of health. #EverythingAffectsHealth
Illness caused by socio-economic factors such as poor housing, air quality and lack of access to healthy food is significantly contributing to the workload of doctors in the UK.
Read the full news story 👇
rcplondon.ac.uk/news/census-…
#EverythingAffectsHealth
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Up to 5% of dementia cases worldwide could be prevented or delayed by tackling smoking.
@RishiSunak when will the Tobacco & Vapes Bill be put to parliament?
#SmokefreeGeneration 🚭👇
Question for PMQs today: @RishiSunak When will the Tobacco and Vapes Bill be put to parliament?
A new poll shows 71% of the public support the PM’s goal of stamping out smoking [1] — as do leading health organisations.[2]
#SmokefreeGeneration
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Many thanks to all the people who agreed to be interviewed for this documentary. Without clinical trial volunteers we would have no new medicines. I hope the programme gives a balanced view of the benefits and limits of the new drugs against Alzheimer’s. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Lots of coverage on this on @BBCr4today @BBCBreakfast @bbc5live re our new documentary Alzheimer’s: A Turning Point? On @BBCPanorama bbc.co.uk/news/health-682316…
Wise words from @cathmummery regarding new treatments for Alzheimer’s and today’s @BBCPanorama programme. 👇
Great to see coverage on @BBC news re treatment for @Alzheimers. Watch @BBCPanorama for the full story where I speak w/@BBCFergusWalsh on new Alzheimer's meds. Benefits are modest but show potential for a new generation of effective therapies. 1/2
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wb1…
It was great to be part of a wide ranging discussion on the future of dementia and the need for more research. @spectator @AlzResearchUK
Our Head of Policy @SusanAlzUK answers why dementia should be a priority for all political parties, during today’s @spectator Health Summit panel discussion on making the UK a world leader in tackling #dementia & #Alzheimers.
It was good to get more details on the planning @NHSEngland are doing to prepare for first Alzheimer’s disease treatments 👇.
We’ll be live streaming our next #NHSBoard meeting today at 3.45pm.
You can find the agenda, board papers and link to watch the public session on our website. 🎥 📂 england.nhs.uk/about/nhs-eng…
ALT Text: NHS Board Meeting. Thursday 1 February 2024 at 3.45pm.
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How much does the UK know about brain health?
This is one of the questions we set out to answer with our Dementia Attitudes Monitor – an in-depth look at public attitudes towards and understanding of dementia.
Find out what we learnt 👇
alzheimersresearchuk.org/blo…
