The study also indicates lowering risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, and obesity, may offer additional protection.
Tests on mice genetically engineered to have a defective potassium channel found they were more sensitive to temperature and touch stimuli on their faces
Researchers found that people who wear a hearing aid were able to maintain their brain function better than those who did not.
Living a healthy lifestyle is associated with offsetting a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to a new study. Research suggests the risk of developing dementia was 32% lower in people with a high genetic risk if they had followed a healthy lifestyle, compared to those who had an unhealthy lifestyle. Joint lead author Dr Elzbieta Kuzma, at the University of Exeter Medical School, said the study was the first to analyse the extent to which you may offset your...
In May and June, 119,320 patients waited on a trolley in A&E for more than four hours.
New research has found that despite having nearly identical DNA sequences, an evolutionary shift means that humans are less able to turn "bad" calorie-storing fat into the "good" calorie-burning kind.
The Japanese brew is the finely ground powder of new leaves from shade-grown, 90% shade, Camellia sinensis green tea bushes.
However if they were aware, most pet owners would like their animals to give blood to help others according to researchers from the Royal Veterinary College.
People with dementia have spent almost £15 billion of their own money in the last two years waiting for Government care reforms, a charity has claimed. The Alzheimer’s Society said the Government must now publish details of how spiralling social care costs will be met in order to prevent people with dementia draining their own resources. In March 2017, ministers promised a social care Green Paper by the summer, but it has now been delayed several times. The latest from...
TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.
Read more
We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.
Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy
© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy
© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy