Insight
Can eating a specific food or diet lower or increase the risk of Alzheimer’s? Food is not only responsible for giving our bodies energy, but it also plays an important part on how we feel and how we react to external and internal infections and stimuli. Carbohydrates, for example, plays an important part in the [...]
Like most developed nations, the UK’s population is ageing: by 2030, one in five people in the UK (21.8%) will be aged 65 or over. But although we are living longer, we are not necessarily living more healthily. Long-term conditions like heart disease, diabetes and COPD are placing pressure on the UK’s National Health Service [...]
Michael Greve founded the Forever Healthy Foundation in 2015, which offers strategies to slow the ageing process. The idea for the foundation sparked whilst working on another of his entrepreneurial journeys after he had developed an unhealthy lifestyle. Here, Michael tells us about the birth of Forever Healthy and their exciting plans for the future. [...]
Agetech World spoke to Pete Williams, founder of Functional Medicine Associates, on how functional medicine can address cognitive decline and chronic diseases, and support optimal ageing What is functional medicine in a nutshell and what is its role in addressing chronic diseases? Conventional medicine represents one problem solved by one answer, which the majority of [...]
The age of the population is increasing; in 2016, just 18 per cent of people in the UK were aged 65 and over. By 2046, however, it’s expected that the figure will rise to 25 per cent of the UK’s population being 65 and over. So it’s no wonder firms are leaping on the agetech [...]
In the UK almost 60 per cent of people wear glasses. Sight loss tends to become more common as we age, with over 1.2 million people living with visual impairments being around 75 or older and one in every two people aged 90 or over suffering from vision issues. However, it’s not only the older generation [...]
Rapid advances in technology are helping older people to live more independent lives for longer. Agetech World reports on some of the key innovations, from smart devices for the blind to the latest generation of wheelchairs. Technology has been benefitting elderly and disabled people for many years now, with digital assistants, smartphones and health trackers supporting [...]
