Rahul Sidhu

Rahul Sidhu is a neuroscientist who studies neurovascular coupling, which is the link between blood flow and neural activity in the brain. His research focuses on characterizing neurovascular function in dementia and how cardiovascular disease affects the speed, severity, and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Sidhu aims to decelerate the progression of Alzheimer's disease through his work. He holds a PhD research position at the University of Sheffield and has previously worked as an associate scientist at Evox Therapeutics and a research assistant at University College London (UCL). He has also earned an MSc in Clinical Neuroscience and a BSc in Biological Sciences. Sidhu has published several articles, including one on HnRNP K Mislocalisation in Neurons of the Dentate Nucleus as a novel neuropathological feature of neurodegenerative disease and ageing. He has received grants for projects such as 'Two Diseases, one brain: The Effects of Cardiovascular Disease on Alzheimer's Disease'.

Biography:  https://theconversation.com/profiles/rahul-sidhu-1511734

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This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • More evidence is emerging that something as simple as integrating a healthy lifestyle can reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's.
  • Two people diagnosed with Alzheimer's claim to have conquered the disease through simple lifestyle changes.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The author has a PhD research position in neuroscience at the University of Sheffield and has received funding for a project related to Alzheimer's disease.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Alzheimer's disease can be split into two subgroups: familial and sporadic. 95% of patients have sporadic Alzheimer's, which is influenced by environmental, lifestyle, and genetic risk factors.
  • New drugs can reduce the disease's progression, but more evidence suggests that a healthy lifestyle can reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • Two Alzheimer's sufferers, Cici Zerbe and Simon Nicholls, claim to have beaten the deadly disease with straightforward lifestyle changes.

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