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21 ways to avoid Alzheimer’s & dementia plus latest on a cure
Presently there is no cure for dementia – but IT CAN BE AVOIDED. In the last 18 months we have accumulated many stories identifying 21 ways to fight dementia and Alzheimer’s. This real...HRT reduces cancer risk (yet another contradictory story?)
A new study published in The Lancet Oncology has identified that, in some women, the risk of breast cancer is reduced by more than a fifth, by being on a course of oestrogen-only HRT (hormone replacem...Older people get more sleep
Perhaps the phrase sleeping like a baby isn’t so accurate after all! Research from the Center for Sleep at Pennsylvania University found the quality of sleep improves greatly with age. A study o...Depression fear for older mothers
A new study suggests that older mothers are five times more likely to suffer from depression after childbirth. Increased stress levels in pregnancy were blamed for the higher rates of depression in ol...Elderly being treated like objects
A coalition of politicians, regulators and charities declare today that NHS nurses and care workers should sign up to a new code of conduct which guarantees that elderly patients are treated with dign...Dogs to help dementia patients
First there were guide dogs to help the blind, then there were hearing dogs for the deaf. Now, our loyal best friends could help dementia patients with their daily tasks, enabling them to live indepen...Weight lifting can help Parkinson’s victims
A study from the University of Illinois (Chicago, US) has indicated that weight training could offer long-term benefits for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease. People suffering from the disease wh...Brisk walkers less likely to suffer dementia
A study from the Boston Medical Centre (US) suggests that people who walk quickly and still have a strong grip in middle age are less likely to suffer from dementia or a stroke. Eric Camargo, who led ...Chatting helps the menopause
All the developments that have occurred in medical science and now women suffering the side effects of the menopause are told . . . chat about it! Hey, don’t shout at me – I’m just r...Bake a cake and fight dementia
Get the cooker on and the flour out! Baking can slow the decline in memory and thinking ability. We have already reported – many times – that mental stimulation through crosswords, puzzl...
