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- PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump’s hush-money trial enters fourth day after difficult jury-selection process
Prospective jurors were grilled on myriad facets of their life, with one raising concerns her identity had been discovered
2-min read - HealthThe Telegraph
Frontotemporal dementia: What is it, symptoms and stages
Frontotemporal dementia is one of the most common types of dementia that hits before the age of 65. Although symptoms typically begin in the late 60s, it can strike as young as 30 or as old as 90.
9-min read - HealthThe Telegraph
Dementia treatments: Medication, therapies and lifestyle
Dementia is the biggest health challenge facing the UK’s ageing population with 900,000 currently living with the disease and predicted to increase to 1.6 million by 2050. Now, for the first time, a new group of drugs called monoclonal antibodies have been shown to slow down the decline in thinking and memory in Alzheimer’s patients, the most common form of dementia.
8-min read - HealthThe Telegraph
Do I have dementia and how to test for it
Getting a dementia diagnosis is a long and complicated process, which can be a postcode lottery. In some cases where patients are under 65, it can take four years from recognising symptoms to receiving a diagnosis.
7-min read - HealthThe Telegraph
Lewy body dementia – signs, symptoms and treatment
For years, Des O’Sullivan struggled to pinpoint what felt wrong. When his symptoms started, Des was in his early 50s, a busy publishing consultant whose career rested on meeting budgets and deadlines. “At work, things I found straightforward became difficult. I was still good with words, but my maths had gone to hell. I couldn’t put my finger on precisely what was wrong.”
9-min read - HealthThe Telegraph
How to reduce your risk of dementia
A team of ageing experts, sleep scientists and psychologists at Monash University in Melbourne, are conducting a major study called BetterBrains to see whether personalised lifestyle interventions can help slow signs of cognitive decline. They are examining 40 to 70-year-olds with a family history of dementia over the course of two years.
12-min read - NewsThe Northern Echo
North East jobs as energy company plans revolutionary heating system
New company, Bring Energy, launches to accelerate the expansion of low and net zero carbon heating and cooling to local communities across the country.
2-min read