Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration – Near FM

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 09 – 08 – 2021

George Mulcahy August 10, 2021

Where do you begin to communicate the message of Brain Health? And how can you encourage the rest of the world to listen to Africa’s appeal for vaccine equity? Wendy Weidner, research and policy project lead for Alzheimer’s Disease International, is joined…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 26 – 07 – 2021

George Mulcahy July 27, 2021

On tonight’s show we examine the link between vision loss, hearing loss, cognition and risk of dementia with Professor Iracema Leroi and JP Connolly who have been working on the European SenseCog Programme for the last five years. They chat with Dr David…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 19 – 07 – 2021

George Mulcahy July 20, 2021

Mike Hanrahan, of Stockton’s Wing fame, wrote a song ‘A River Rolls On’ for his mother Mary who had Vascular Dementia for seven years. Poignantly, Mary died on the same day this song was launched, 28th May 2021, with all her family…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 12 – 07 – 2021

George Mulcahy July 13, 2021

Professor Tim Lynch from the Mater Hospital, Dublin and Professor Suzanne Timmons from UCC, Cork share the differences between Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD) while nutritionist Richelle Flanagan describes what life is like living with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease…

‘Talkin’ About Neurodegeneration’ – Presented by Karen Meenan 05 – 07 – 2021

George Mulcahy July 6, 2021

Frontotemporal Dementia or FTD is a form of dementia which affects younger people in our community. Simon Murphy speaks about his mum Jakki who was diagnosed with FTD in her thirties. Dr Jonathan Rohrer is an expert who explains what symptoms we should…

‘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’ 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…