Michael Zandi

This is figure 3, which shows the effect of the zoster vaccine on new diagnoses of dementia.

The shingles vaccine reduced the probability of new #dementia diagnoses by around one-fifth over seven years, according to a large-scale study of a population in Wales, UK, reported in Nature. https://go.nature.com/4460AE4 🧪

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UK researchers defend diversity in science against Trump’s ‘war’ - Research Professional News Independent Sage says scientists must fight for diversity initiatives or see important voices silenced

"Academics need to stand up against the potential silencing of minority voices in research as a result of US president Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, an influential group of UK scientists has said."

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17.03.2025 15:31 — 👍 20    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1

Minimum resistance: Challenge every new 'initiative' if you think it comes with more costs than benefits.

Moderate: Petition for change. You can do this within your University (Microsoft Forms) with other like-minded people.

Bold: Lobby funders. Why should they waste money? More on this soon.

11.03.2025 12:55 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

But it's up to us. That's what I meant by the responsibility of intellectuals (the bit of the article that seems to have been ignored; photo is of a young Noam Chomsky).

Sadly, we've got used to learned helplessness. I'm as much to blame as anyone else. Only way out is to resist in everyday life.

11.03.2025 12:55 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

New research reinforces the need for better support for life after stroke A large-scale study from UCLH and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology highlights the real-world impact of life after stroke, revealing the significant burden faced by survivors.

A new large-scale study from UCLH and @uclqsion.bsky.social highlights the real-world impact of life after stroke, revealing the significant burden faced by survivors.

07.03.2025 11:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Almost! Yes the BC seen in the background. Towering above it to the south, with coffee drips down its stairwells….

05.03.2025 22:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Will Wiles latest book in a 1970s high rise

Will wiles book blurbs

Eagerly awaited arrival in the quiet sun from @willwiles.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com #anechoicchamber here in a 1970s brutalist high rise if you recognise it?

05.03.2025 18:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Inflammation in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy‐Related Transient Focal Neurological Episodes Transient focal neurological episodes (TFNE), often associated with convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage (cSAH), are common in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), but their pathophysiology remains incomp....

We tend to think of CAA-related inflammation as its own separate thing - but is this right?

@AminaSellimi @UCLStrokeRes et al have found inflammation in people with prolonged TFNE (amyloid spells) - even though they all had "non-inflammatory" CAA... 1/2

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10.01.2025 20:16 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

If anyone has data on how catatonia is actually treated in clinical practice (ideally in the UK), @proftonydavid.bsky.social and I would be really interested to hear from you.

For example, how many people get lorazepam? And how long till it's given? What other treatments are given?

07.02.2025 16:23 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Decoding memory dysfunction in hippocampal amnesia The hippocampus reconstructs past experiences by integrating sensory, perceptual, and conceptual information across a cortico-hippocampal autobiographical memory network (AMN). Here, in 18 human parti...

Bittersweet but excited to share the preprint: "Decoding memory dysfunction in hippocampal amnesia." fMRI RDMs were used to assess how focal human hippocampal damage (N18) affects mnemonic representations across the autobiographical network @crosenthal.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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