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RICE publication in BMJ Open

RICE publication in BMJ Open RICE Director, Professor Roy Jones, has co-authored a paper which has been published on BMJ Open. It covers the results of a study of the use of antipsychotic drugs among people with dementia.             Read the conclusions: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmjopen-2012-002080 RICE Neuropsychologist Dr Krist Noonan has also been published in Behavioural Neurology Journal. He has co-authored an original paper on...
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Inside Health BBC Radio 4 Broadcast on Wednesday 16th January

Professor Roy Jones discusses Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) with Dr Mark Porter on Inside Health on Radio 4 today at 3.30pm. TGA is a temporary episode of memory loss that can't be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke. Inside Health, hosted by Dr Mark Porter, looks at demystifying health issues, separating fact from fiction and...
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Inside Health BBC Radio 4 Broadcast

Professor Roy Jones speaks to Dr Mark Porter on Radio 4’s Inside Health programme tonight about dementia screening of patients in acute hospitals. The broadcast is at 9pm on Tuesday 8th January, and again at 3.30pm on Wednesday 9th January. They have a second discussion regarding Transient Global Amnesia (TGA), a temporary episode of memory loss that can't be attributed to a...
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Sir Terry Pratchett talks about dementia

  The BBC Lifeline Appeal in December showed Sir Terry Pratchett talking to Tony Robinson about how he first noticed his dementia, and how RICE has helped him cope with the progress of the disease. Watch the 8 minute broadcast on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qvy6xdU45A
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BBC Lifeline Appeal - UPDATE

Actor and presenter Tony Robinson makes an appeal on behalf of RICE. Watch the appeal this Sunday 16th December at 16:05 on BBC1 and again on Wednesday 19th December at 13:30 on BBC2.RICE, Research Institute for the Care of Older People, is dedicated to improving the lives of people with dementia, as well as their families and carers....
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