Category Archives: Blog
Number of strokes increase as pollution levels rise - February 23, 2016
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Air pollution pumped out from the exhausts of diesel vehicles may be responsible for thousands of extra deaths from strokes each year. |
Is a lack of hearing aids fuelling a dementia epidemic? Scientists to probe link - February 16, 2016
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Hearing loss contributes to dementia and mental decline, according to new medical research by a doctor who plans to begin the first clinical trial to study whether hearing aids could prevent or mitigate… |
Healthy living may cut dementia risk for older people by more than 22 per cent - February 9, 2016
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The prevalence of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s has fallen by more than 22 per cent in 20 years, possibly because of healthier lifestyles and better education. |
Weight loss in middle age could pose dementia risk - February 2, 2016
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Losing more weight than your peers in middle age could mean that you are more likely to develop dementia. |
Skipping breakfast may increase stroke risk - January 26, 2016
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Skipping breakfast could increase the risk of a stroke, according to research. |
Dementia patients in hospital play Russian roulette, charity warns - January 19, 2016
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Dementia patients are being subjected to “Russian roulette” in hospitals as staff fail to provide appropriate care and discharge thousands of sufferers in the middle of the night, a report reveals…. |
Scientists hail Alzheimer’s breakthrough - January 12, 2016
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Scientists have fresh hopes for an Alzheimer’s treatment after experiments to reduce inflammation in diseased mice brains prevented memory and behavioural problems in the animals. |
Lack of deep sleep could lead to Alzheimer’s disease - January 5, 2016
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A good night’s rest might help stave off the onset of Alzheimer’s disease according to new research, which suggests there could be a link between a person’s sleeping patterns and their vulnerability… |
Mum’s courage following Parkinson’s diagnosis - December 22, 2015
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Teaching assistant Leah Forster was just 42 when she was given the devastating news that she had Parkinson’s Disease. She received the diagnosis last year after noticing a weakness down the left side… |
Daughter leaps into action after mother’s stroke - December 15, 2015
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A woman with a rare genetic condition has been praised for raising the alarm after her mother suffered a mini stroke earlier this month. |
