“What’s good for your heart is good for your head.”

In this episode of PanaCME Perspectives: Clinical conversations in Alzheimer’s disease, Dr Jill Rasmussen (Clinical Representative for Dementia at the Royal College of General Practitioners), joins Dr John Harrison to explore what clinicians can do beyond medication to protect brain health. They discuss why brain health should be treated like cardiac health, how lifestyle, vascular risk control, and social connection can reduce the risk or slow progression of dementia, and what a personalised brain health plan can look like. Drawing on evidence from major studies, such as FINGER and MIND-AD, this conversation offers practical, evidence-based insights for clinicians who want to support healthy ageing and brain resilience across the lifespan.

Guest: Dr Jill Rasmussen

Dr Jill Rasmussen is the Clinical Representative for Dementia, Royal College of General Practitioners. In the NHS, she has experience as a GP with Special Interest in Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability, as a commissioner and as representative for mental health and dementia for NHS England Team South East Region. She combines part-time clinical practice with her own independent research consultancy, where she specialises in drugs in CNS indications.

Host: Dr John Harrison

Dr John Harrison is a chartered psychologist at Metis Cognition, where he advises drug developers and institutions on cognitive testing in therapeutic development programmes. He is an Associate Professor at the Alzheimer’s Center Amsterdam, where he validates new cognitive testing paradigms for use with individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease.

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