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‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 28 – 06 – 2021

George Mulcahy June 29, 2021

Gareth O Callaghan, a household name in Ireland for over forty years, is living with a brain disease called Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). He is joined in our virtual studio by his wife Paula O’Callaghan, Professor Bruce Miller, co-director of the Global…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 21 – 06 – 2021

George Mulcahy June 24, 2021

‘We all have mental health, all of the time, in the same way we all have physical health and brain health’ so says Barbara Brennan, coordinator at See Change. She supports culture change about mental health through open conversations. She is joined…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 14 – 06 – 2021

George Mulcahy June 15, 2021

Young Onset Dementia (YOD) is the definition of a dementia diagnosis for somebody younger than 65 years old which affects approximately 10% of all people diagnosed with dementia in Ireland. Kathleen Quinlan who has YOD speaks to Professor Craig Ritchie of Brain Health…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ Karen Meenan 31 – 05 – 2021

George Mulcahy June 1, 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of neurodegenerative disease in the world, in fact 60% of all cases of dementia are AD. One of the key features of this brain disorder is memory loss. In this programme Gerontologist Dr Gary…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 24 – 05 – 2021

George Mulcahy May 25, 2021

Professor Ian McKeith from Newcastle is the world’s leading expert on Lewy Body Disease and has been working in this field for over thirty years. He is joined by Kevin Quaid who is living with Lewy Body Disease and his wife Helena…

Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration – Lewy Body Disease 17 – 05 – 2021

George Mulcahy May 18, 2021

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ is a brand new series which gets under the dementia umbrella to discuss the hallmarks of different neurodegenerative diseases with a sprinkling of music and poetry. This week Lewy Body Disease (LBD) is discussed by our online guests; world…

Lifeline – 02 03 2021 – Brain Awareness Week – Karen Meenan

George Mulcahy March 2, 2021

Karen Meenan, presenter of the popular Monday night programme ‘Voyage Around My Brain’ is currently working in Trinity College as an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in the Global Brain Health Institute. Brain Awareness Week will be celebrated this year from 15 to…

Voyage 21 12 2020

George Mulcahy December 22, 2020

Hearing Loss and Insomnia. These are the topics discussed in ‘Voyage Around My Brain’ with experts Dr Lea Grinberg and Professor Ronán Conroy with community experts Geraldine Finlay and Michael Murphy. Beethoven, Schubert, Roy Orbison and the Chordettes provide the sound…

Voyage Karen Meenan 30 – 11 – 2020

George Mulcahy December 7, 2020

‘Dance for the Body, Dance for the Brian’ that’s the theme for tonight’s programme. New York dance artist and choreographer Magda Kaczmarska shares the science why dancing is so good for the brain. Peggy Finn, who has been dancing for 74…

Voyage 02 11 2020

George Mulcahy November 3, 2020

What is Brain Health? Karen Meenan asked four Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute – and the answer? A myriad of things! Healthy diet, lots of exercise, social contact, in fact all of the…

Children’s writer Lindsay J. Sedgwick talks about her new book Wulfie Stage Fright with NearFM’s Karen Meenan.

admin October 23, 2020

Lindsay J Sedgwick talks to Karen Meenan about her new children’s novel, Wulfie-Stage Fright, illustrated by Josephine Wolff and published by Little Island Press.

Voyage with Adolfo and Kate 28 – 09 – 2020

George Mulcahy September 29, 2020

What happens in our brain when we lose one language and start to speak in another? Kate Murphy’s mother was not a fluent Irish speaker, and yet as her dementia diagnosis worsened, she lost her ability to speak English and only could…