Yay, my first first-author paper is out today! 🥳 We investigated whether retinal thinning was associated with cognitive decline by middle age, which may be an indicator that people are in the earliest stages of dementia/Alzheimer's disease 1/3
Can the retina help detect those with #Alzheimerdisease before they get it? Study found retinal neural layers were thinner in people with decline in cognitive processing speed at the young age of 45. https://t.co/ZuTXuReb0h @sciashleigh
Coming in to work today feels very strange, as I know that I'll never again be able to pop in to Richie's office for a quick bit of advice or a spontaneous chat about life. Miss you, Richie - but we at the Dunedin Study Unit will carry on your kaupapa and honour your legacy x
Very sad news, about a very fine man.
Love to Richie's family, friends, colleagues - and to his other "family" in the Dunedin Study.
Dunedin Study professor Richie Poulton dies, aged 61 https://t.co/odOffhpVVf
The Green Party’s tax plan gives everyone earning under $125,000 *a bigger tax cut* than National’s plan.
That’s 95% of taxpayers.
And ours is fully costed & paid for by a wealth tax on 0.7% of NZers who can afford it.
Poverty is a political choice, & we're choosing to end it.
@NZNationalParty Yay for addressing the housing crisis! Oh wait, you're only increasing the burden on young people by taking their retirement savings and giving it to landlords.
@FrancesCook@DylanReeve I agree. Bond amounts are an issue, but there are many ways of solving this that don't involve taking someone's retirement savings. How about a cap or low-cost loan scheme for bonds?