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Monday, November 4, 2024
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Topic: Dementia

Heart attack to dementia, ultra-processed food is a silent killer

The intense industrial processes used to produce ultra-processed foods destroy the natural structure of the ingredients and strip away many beneficial nutrients.

Pay, postcode and parents—3 factors that determine your risk of dementia

Addressing dementia risk requires a lifelong approach. Intervention is needed at an individual and a broader societal level.

These 7 habits can halve your risk of developing dementia: US study

Dementia is one of the biggest causes of death and disability worldwide. But some habits can reduce your chances.

More accurate way to predict who will develop Alzheimer’s disease – new study

With the fast progression of research in biomarkers, we are quickly getting better at measuring and detecting early signs of Alzheimer’s.

A mentally stimulating job could postpone the onset of dementia by 1.5 years, says report

Studies have also highlighted the importance of physical fitness in helping to fend off debilitating conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Retiring early can be bad for the brain

Retiring early and working less has many benefits, such as reduced stress, better diets and more sleep. But as we found, it also has adverse effects.

Is it dementia if I forget a name or a word?

Older people wonder and worry about so-called senior moments and the memory loss they perceive in themselves and others

A blood test can predict dementia. Trouble is, there’s no cure

The increasing demand for early Alzheimer’s diagnosis leaves room for digital biomarkers as millions are already affected and many more still undiagnosed.

Chinese scientists use traditional soup ingredients to fight dementia

Blend of three traditional ingredients, Sailuotong could be the first approved medicine to treat the vascular causes of dementia.

It’s World Alzheimer’s Day: What you need to know about the disease that damages the brain

Of the estimated 46.8 million dementia patients in the world, 60 to 80 per cent are believed to suffer from Alzheimer’s.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.