Tom Faulkner

PhD Student @livuni - Research on playing sports and young-onset dementia. Work in CMHT and Memory Clinic. Research assistant with Alzheimer's society.

[Tom Faulkner @twfaulkner2]

New study recruiting! ⚽️🏈🥊🏉

If you have participated in impact sports (football, rugby, contact sports etc...) and have a diagnosis of young-onset dementia (before 65 years), I would love to speak to you in a one-off interview.

[Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. @ChrisNowinski1]

BREAKING: Study of 20,000 NFL players reveals they die of dementia at 4x the population rate.
"To put that in perspective, lead exposure, which is now banned from paint & gasoline in the U.S., leads to a 2-to-3 times greater rate of dementia at death." https://t.co/8yweqRwbab

[Aaron Ng @localghost]

History forgets fast.

The creators of the MRI got rejected by the NIH for a grant. Then their paper got rejected by Nature. The company they worked for thought it was a waste of time to even draft the patent documents.

Took 15 years from there to become clinically useful.

[Nuwan Dissanayaka @nuwandiss]

Frontline Consultant Psychiatrists have been saying this for years

Only to be told by people who never see patients that it’s all our fault - there are enough beds but you’re just not using them efficiently!

Establishment types are the real culprits here

[Nicolas Badre @BadreNicolas]

The odds of having dementia at age 85 were close to 1 in 3 in the 80s; now they are 1 in 10.

I don’t think we have a great explanation: better cardiovascular health, diet, and education are often mentioned. Good news nonetheless.

Carnall Farrar. (2025, March 27). Dementia trends.

[Andrew Watkins @AndrewW93733842]

Brutally honest, emotional and raw account from @Tommo33s on the challenges presented by rugby and repeated head trauma and concussions. How the game downplayed it and sadly continues to do. 🏉🧠😢🙏

https://t.co/60MWMbHPek

[Melanie Bramwell-Popham @melliebrampops]

Carl Hayman on life with dementia: Success now is doing one job in a day
Carl is one of rugby’s greatest players, an amazing man and great friend. Knowing how he’s suffering breaks my heart

Carl deserves so much more from the game he dedicated his life to https://t.co/hy4uwFOUu3

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Knife killings down by 21%, figures show https://t.co/uOS8zUsn6Y

[The Dementia League @DementiaLeague]

These are modifiable midlife (ages 45-65) dementia risk factors—change them, change your future: 🔈 Hearing loss (2x risk, wear hearing aids) 🧠 Head injury (↑ 60–280% ~severity) 🍷 Heavy alcohol use (↑ ~20–40%) 💉 Hypertension (↑ ~60%) ⚖️ Obesity (↑ ~30%) 💊 Anticholinergic meds (↑ ~49%) Bookmark and repost this powerful finding! #DementiaPrevention #BrainHealth #DementiaLeague 🧠 Read: https://t.co/Nlqc0cl6P8

[BBC North West @BBCNWT]

'My husband got early dementia, now I'm a full-time carer' https://t.co/qaMizkQLsp

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

I had a hard time believing this is real. I am so SO happy to have quit @UKLabour and joined the @TheGreenParty . This desperate lying because Labour is losing 1 seat in the Gorton & Denton by-election is truly shameful. No integrity whatsoever, just power-hungry desperate lies.

[David Turver @7Kiwi]

UK Natural Gas prices plunge to another 12-month low. Yet the energy price cap is going up in January.

[Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert]

In 2000, UK top 10% incomes were no 3 in the world, but they’ve since gradually fallen and are now behind the rest of the Anglosphere and northwestern Europe; just above Spain and Italy.

[Alzheimer Europe @AlzheimerEurope]

Each week, the "Jonathan Saturday" football club in Zeist (Netherlands), welcomes people with dementia, who come to participate in "Walking Football", set up in collaboration with Alzheimer Nederland
https://t.co/tJYxQkj7XX

[Head for Change @Head4Change]

We’re calling for more research and more action to protect the next generation of female rugby players. ♀️🏉

There is a gender data gap in brain injury research. We need targeted studies and preventative strategies that reflect the reality of the women’s game.

[Prof Kamlesh Khunti @kamleshkhunti]

Socioeconomic inequalities in disease burden across England’s population

🚬 Top disparities:

•COPD: RR 3.29
•Severe mental illness: RR 2.72
•PAD: RR 2.58

📉 Inequity gap largest in middle age.

#HealthInequality #PublicHealth #MLTC

https://t.co/Pd9hUtdiQF

[Andrew Watkins @AndrewW93733842]

Rugby legend Sébastien Chabal has delivered a deeply emotional and painful revelation — he cannot remember a single moment from his playing career. Another tragic reminder of Rugby’s hidden cost 😡😢💔🧠🏉

https://t.co/ktq61qW4jG

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Nigel Farage today opened his 'Lawless Britain' press conference saying he now rejects the Crime Survey of England & Wales - the only validated crime level measurement.

The 35,000-households Crime Survey is fatal to anyone wanting to present a picture of immigrant-driven crime surge...

[Seb Walsh @seb_walsh]

What evidence do we have on the Social Determinants of Dementia (SDOD)?

Delighted that this scoping review, a year or so in the making, is now published in @alzdemjournals. Expertly led by Anouk Geraets, we identified...

https://t.co/2Oxe9G2mx9

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[Marshalling Brain Injuries Alliance @Marshalling_CTE]

Our support groups are live and open to anyone in the UK effected by CTE and any other neuro degenerative disease caused by brain trauma, get in touch for more info or to join 🧠💚 #cte #ctesupport #supportgroup

[Marshalling Brain Injuries Alliance @Marshalling_CTE]

Our new website is now live https://t.co/JSCZMdlwk9
#CTE #CTEsupport #ctetreatment #supportgroup #cteadvice #benefitsadvice #cteadvice #earlyonsetdementia #dementiasupport #dementiaadvice