Dr. Mia talks with her colleague Dr. Tim Hughes, about vascular and metabolic conditions' contribution to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Timothy Hughes, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is a neuroepidemiologist cross-trained in cardiovascular epidemiology and multimodal brain imaging. His research focuses on untangling the complex relationships between vascular and metabolic diseases' contributions on dementia.
Lancet commission report - https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)30367-6/fulltext
Summary of SPRINT MIND: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/does-intensive-blood-pressure-control-reduce-dementia
MESA participant webpage: https://www.mesa-nhlbi.org/ParticipantWebsite/default.aspx
Alz Association’s Trial Match: https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/research_progress/clinical-trials/trialmatch
Research Match https://www.researchmatch.org/
If people want to participate in ACE study: ACETrial@wakehealth.edu; and https://www.acetrial.org/
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