Prof Avan Sayer presenting her exciting research on #sarcopenia - prevalent in up to 10% of older people Association of Physicians, GB & Ireland
Enabled by translational research platform developed University of Newcastle @newcuniv to enhance cohort studies across lifecourse.

So much learning #bgsconf Robert Briggs
OH is not good for older adults ➡️ more falls & fractures
1. Amnesia for events & lack of awareness of low BP
2. Low BP dips < 100 on 24BP ⬆️ falls / fractures
3. Watch out Bermuda Triangle - cognition/mobility /OH
4. B blockers & SSRI 🛑

Dr Jill Betts - risk #dementia increased x 27% in people with severe #eczema . Association of Physicians, GB & Ireland but no changes on MRI; slow reaction time and depression significant Young Geris (irony intended) British Geriatrics Society Conference Irish Gerontology

How to approach DVLA notification from Michael Norton. #bgsconf remember dizziness which occurs spontaneously needs notification and the individual should not drive British Geriatrics Society

With a stellar presentation from Prof Bruce Guthrie ACRC on the fascinating evidence gaps and methods challenges in multimorbidity but also some ways to address these and the absolute imperative to do so #APAM2024 Association of Physicians, GB & Ireland

Fantastic lecture by Prof Bruce Guthrie #multimorbidity Association of Physicians, GB & Ireland -need for high quality RCT in MM . People with MM systematically excluded. Suggest Approach using observational data to understand treatment effects. TILDA British Geriatrics Society Edinburgh Medical School

Excited to be presenting at the BASES Physical activity for Health Division day and seeing everyone else’s presentations. If you haven’t already sign up for a great day of information!

this from Andrew Clegg is music to my ears #anzsgm2024

I reckon the #anzsgm2024 dance floor outcompeted the #bgsconf dance floor with DJ ⁦⁦Andrew Clegg⁩

Dementia costs the UK a staggering £42 billion annually according to a new report from Alzheimer's Society: tinyurl.com/4rma2ddf

Find out more about our funding, bettering diagnosis and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases of ageing tinyurl.com/yejbw8ke

I have shamelessly stolen Penguin Books UK question from yesterday and over on Instagram I’m asking what classic book do you think is underrated? (Candlestick because that’s what they used in olden times).

One of the enduring mysteries of the American Civil War was a little-known phenomenon referred to at the time as Angel’s Glow. The soldiers who lay in the mud for two rainy days during the Battle of Shiloh had wounds that began to glow in the dark.

Doctors at the time noted

If I was a mouse, I’d be this mouse

I was in a primary school all day today. (I won't say its name until or unless they say the name.) I opened a library. I named it 'The Library' and did two poetry shows for KS1 and KS2. And the children did shows back to me! I signed books till my arthritic thumb complained.

When your crew decides to work with someone else….🎥🙄

Exactly why you shouldn’t force yourself to finish a book if you don’t enjoy it.

In case anyone is in need of a timeline cleanse, we have nine baby fox cubs living in our garden and this is the view from my bed right now

Induced frailty and acute sarcopenia are overlapping conditions affecting older adults during hospitalisation Carly Welch #bgsconf jfsf.eu/Article.php?AI…

Emma Vardy #WOMENSART NSPKU Took me years to be brave enough to put my work out there for this very reason, teachers gave me a C in gcse so I didn't feel good enough to go to art college, I did however eventually and now have a little business
#artistsoninstagram

Mariachiara Di Giorgio, contemporary Italian illustrator born in Rome in 1983 #womensart