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Author archives: James Garrard

About James Garrard

James is a Cochrane UK Fellow and chair of the Cochrane UK and Ireland Trainee Advisory Group 2021-2022. He is a registrar in Geriatric and Stroke medicine based in Oxford. He is keen to engage with trainees from a range of specialities and regions to enhance engagement with evidence-based clinical practice. He studied medicine from the University of Leicester in 2015 with honours, undertaking a research Intercalated BSc in 2012. He was awarded an Academic Foundation Programme at the University of Southampton, followed by an Academic Clinical Fellowship at the University of Oxford in Geriatric medicine, where he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research. He has always had an interest in research and evidence-based practice with a specialist interest in acute stroke imaging.

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Drugs for agitation in people with dementia: benefits and risks

In this blog for the families of people with dementia, Doctors Charlotte Squires and James Garrard talk about drugs used to treat symptoms of agitation and psychosis in people with diagnosed dementia, and what doctors and families together might want to consider when making decisions about trying these treatments.

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Stroke: advances in treatment offer hope for patients

In a blog for people interested in stroke treatment, James Garrard, Specialist Registrar in Stroke and Geriatric Medicine, reflects on his experience as a doctor working in a stroke centre and looks at the latest evidence and some game-changing developments in treatments for some stroke patients.