Lifestyle
Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia
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...
Can Shopping Improve Emotional Wellbeing?
According to new research, shopping can uplift your mood and is often an incredible therapy to improve your emotional wellbeing.
Fabland comes to London to entertain nation of ‘big kids’
Fabland playpark was opened exclusively for adults on July 14 at London's Westfield.
Record 4.39 million people waiting for treatment, as figures reveal ‘NHS in a year round crisis’
In May and June, 119,320 patients waited on a trolley in A&E for more than four hours.
Viking history being wiped out by climate change
A study shows that global warming is speeding up the degradation of remains left by the first Norse settlers in the Arctic - including wood, bone - and even ancient DNA
Finding out why DNA means humans are chubbier than chimps could help treat obesity
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.
Trendy Matcha green tea can reduce anxiety, according to scientists.
The Japanese brew is the finely ground powder of new leaves from shade-grown, 90% shade, Camellia sinensis green tea bushes.
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Woman with dementia battered by thug at roadside cafe
A woman with dementia has told how she was brutally attacked by a man at a roadside cafe and left with a broken eye socket despite wearing a badge saying “I have Alzheimer’s please be patient”. Joy Watson, 61, was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease when she was aged 55, featured in the Channel 4 series The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, and was praised by then-prime minister David Cameron for her work fighting for others in similar circumstances. She told...