Malcolm Smith

MS

Participant in EPAD LCS

Location Aberdeen, Scotland

Activity

  • Malcolm Smith made a comment
    The global burden of neurodegenerative disease

    Poverty, malnutrition, unemployment, prejudice, pollution: all these evils and more affect huge numbers of us where ever we live and may well increase the likelihood of individuals developing AD. Big problems though they are they could be ameliorated if the will was there but wealthy nations choose to let these problems fester so long as sections of their...

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    Discussion: Barriers and opportunities for brain health services

    Distance to the clinic. Is the only one in Scotland in Glasgow? I couldn't find any other one. If there was one close to where I live, would I go there? Probably not. I don't go to a gym to keep my body healthy and OK, gym type activity is good for mental health as well. I believe my active lifestyle helps keep my mind and body healthy

    A gym for brain...

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    Behind the headlines: Reporting risk

    Check out who paid for the 'research'.

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    Lifestyle changes to benefit the brain

    Buy a bicycle - any sort of bike. I find riding my bike is mentally satisfying, meeting the challenge of the terrain, traffic and physically rewarding as well. Then there is the work involved in maintenance that can be challenging but can be learnt. Keeping it clean also involves regular tinkering that is satisfying. Other cyclists are usually a friendly...

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    Discussion: Perceptions of Alzheimer's disease

    Some people see it as an inevitable part of the aging process and push it to the back of their minds.
    No, these perceptions don't reflect the science or the data as only 17% of people 74-85 will get AD https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alz.12068.
    Not much. More needs to be done to tell people about the research that's being done.

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    Meet the class

    I'm a participant in the European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia (EPAD) research programme. Participants provided samples of bodily fluid for analysis and engaged in cognitive testing to provide data for researchers. Like most of the participants a parent had suffered from dementia and this spurred me on to learn more about the disease and being part of...