<p>To mark Dementia Acton Week, Tony is bringing you a special episode dedicated to the past, present and future of this difficult disease with his expert guest Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at the Alzheimer’s Society. Dementia the UK’s number one killer, 1 in 3 people will develop dementia in their lifetime and yet most of us don’t know a great deal about it. But this is a defining year in the history of Alzheimer’s with two new drugs: Lecanemab and Donanemab which have been found, for the first time ever, to slow the progression of the disease. </p><br><p>Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson</p><br><p>With</p><br><p>Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at the Alzheimer’s Society.</p><p> </p><p>X <a href="https://twitter.com/AlzheimersOC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alzheimersoc</a> | FB @<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alzheimerssocietyuk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alzheimers society</a> | IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alzheimerssoc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alzheimerssoc</a></p><br><p>If you’re worried about yourself, or someone close to you, then check your symptoms today using Alzheimer’s Society’s symptom checklist. Visit <a href="https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/OjQVC4WWQUMwz1UBB3ZZ?domain=alzheimers.org.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alzheimers.org.uk/checklist</a> or call the Dementia Support Line on 0333 150 3456</p><br><p>Follow:</p><p> </p><p>X <a href="https://twitter.com/Cunningcastpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcastpod</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cunningcastpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcastpod</a></p><p> </p><p>YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@cunningcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Cunningcast</a></p><p> </p><p>Credits: </p><p> </p><p>Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X <a href="https://twitter.com/Melissafitzg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@melissafitzg</a></p><p> </p><p>Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville</p><p> </p><p>Cover Art: The Brightside</p><p> </p><p>A Zinc Media Group production</p><p> </p><p>If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you, Love Tony x</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
