Deborah Cohen

1 week ago | unherd.com | Deborah Cohen

Alzheimer’sHealthcareSciencestate of the unionUK “Dementia steals people’s lives, turns their relationships upside down, destroys their hopes and dreams,” said David Cameron, as president of Alzheimer’s UK. This was back in 2017, and his ambitions were impressive: the Government had just published plans for £60 million research funding a year to bring together industry, charities and academia to “accelerate progress towards disease modifying therapy, and ultimately a cure by 2025”.

Jan 10, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Camille C. Cioffi |Ann Martinez Acevedo |Deborah Cohen |Menolly Kaufman

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Dec 3, 2024 | agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo |Elizabeth Eckstrom |Deborah Cohen |Bryanna De Lima

The Motivational Interviewing for Fall Prevention (MI-FP) study aimed to engage older adults in fall prevention strategies. We report on the feasibility, intervention fidelity, and preliminary impact of MI-FP. We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to test MI-FP among older (age ≥ 65) primary care patients at high fall risk in a Pacific Northwest clinic in the United States.

Oct 14, 2024 | bmj.com | Margaret McCartney |Deborah Cohen

Dear EditorWe thank Neal and co-authors for their response. The investigation was primarily about the way in which the trial was conceived, planned, and agreed commercially with Grail. It was not about the ability or integrity of the researchers charged with running it. The comment which was quoted about the trial being ‘unethical’ - was an opinion - related to whether such a poorly performing test in detecting early stage cancer should have received political favour.

Aug 7, 2024 | bmj.com | Margaret McCartney |Deborah Cohen

Margaret McCartney, senior lecturer in general practice, freelance writer1, broadcaster, Deborah Cohen, investigative journalist, writer, broadcaster21University of St Andrews2Londonmgtmmccartney{at}gmail.comA blood test being trialled in large numbers of people in England is facing mounting evidence against its implementation as a screening tool for early cancer.