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A new study says CTE should be recognised as a cause of dementia, with those in the most advanced stages facing a 4.5-fold higher lifetime risk. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain condition seen in some athletes. Linked to repeated head impacts, it can cause memory loss, mood changes, poor coordination and suicidal [...]
As people live longer, the conversation around ageing is shifting. It’s no longer just about adding years, but about staying healthy, functional and independent for as long as possible. In that context, oral health is gaining long-overdue attention. Growing evidence links dental health to heart disease, cognitive decline and chronic inflammation, placing dentistry firmly within [...]
Author Ian McEwan said legalised assisted dying should be gradually extended to people with dementia. Speaking at a public book event in London on 28 January, he criticised attempts to block the UK’s assisted dying bill, citing more than 1,000 amendments. Supporters believe it is near impossible for it to pass the House of Lords [...]
New research has linked richer social ties to better cognitive health in older adults, offering new insight into how connection relates to thinking and memory. Earlier studies found links between specific social factors and health. This study appears to be the first to build combined social profiles and test how they relate to cognitive health [...]
The USC Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab will fund four projects testing how AI can strengthen recruitment for Alzheimer's trials. The initiative, dedicated to accelerating and improving Alzheimer's clinical trials, selected the projects from more than 30 applicants to explore digital approaches. Alzheimer's clinical trials are more complex, costlier and take longer than those in other [...]
Thousands of men in England will get the prostate cancer drug abiraterone on the NHS within weeks. For the first time, patients in England whose cancer has not spread will be able to receive abiraterone as the health service widens access to the treatment. Around 2,000 men diagnosed in the last three months whose cancer [...]
Sharp rises in blood sugar after meals may raise Alzheimer’s risk, according to genetic analysis of more than 350,000 adults. The findings point to after-meal glucose, rather than overall blood sugar, as a possible factor in long-term brain health. Researchers examined genetic and health data from over 350,000 UK Biobank participants aged 40 to 69, [...]
A recent international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how structural brain changes are tied to memory decline as people age. The findings show that the connection between shrinking brain tissue and declining memory is nonlinear, stronger in older adults, and not solely driven [...]
While a healthy lifestyle with regular exercise can improve longevity, the key to ageing well is determined by the brain, says a new paper. Published earlier this month and entitled: ’The Brain Is the Rate-Limiting Organ of Longevity’ it contends that ‘Longevity is not limited by how long the body survives, but by how long [...]
The longer someone has type 2 diabetes, the higher their cardiovascular disease risk, and changes in red blood cells may help explain it, new research suggests. The study found red blood cells from patients with long-term diabetes harmed blood vessel function, while no such effect was seen in those newly diagnosed. After seven years of [...]
