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The happy hug of a clinic clown

As dementia rates rise worldwide, clinic clowns are helping to induce positive emotions and create a sense of wellbeing among patients

6 min read26 Sep 2020
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The happy hug of a clinic clown

As dementia rates rise worldwide, clinic clowns are helping to induce positive emotions and create a sense of well-being among patients

6 min read25 Sep 2020
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People who feel dizzy when standing up are at higher risk of developing dementia

The condition called orthostatic hypotension occurs when people experience a sudden drop in blood pressure when they stand upThe study has been published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology

2 min read9 Aug 2020
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Dementia gene raises risk of severe coronavirus

The team has previously found that people with dementia are three times more likely to get severe Covid-19Several studies have now shown that people with dementia are at high risk of developing severe coronavirus

2 min read26 May 2020
Science

Daily aspirin does more harm than good: Study

A low dose of aspirin will not help older adults live longer or prevent their first heart attack, instead will increase their risk of internal bleeding, according to a new research

2 min read17 Sep 2018
Science

Experimental drug trial offers ‘cautious hope’ in fight against Alzheimer’s

Biogen Inc showed that anti-amyloid antibody, BAN2401 was successful in slowing down cognitive decline in early-stage patients

3 min read31 Jul 2018
Science

Alzheimer’s research gets glimmer of hope, not for first time

After one of Biogen's experimental drugs showed disappointing results in December, a new analysis with an additional 6-month of data suggested that the treatment might slow the progression of Alzheimer

3 min read7 Jul 2018
Science

‘Cancer not the only disease linked to smokeless tobacco’

A large number of chemical compounds of smokeless tobacco products were found to be hepatotoxic by a group of scientists from ICMR

2 min read6 Apr 2018
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Britain appoints loneliness minister amid growing isolation

Tracey Crouch will take charge as loneliness minister and develop a strategy to address the problem which research has linked with dementia, early death and high blood pressure

1 min read17 Jan 2018
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Americans are retiring later, dying sooner and sicker in between

At the same time that Americans' life expectancy is stalling, public policy and career tracks mean millions of US workers are waiting longer to call it quits

3 min read23 Oct 2017
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