This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47116845 By BBC Health News Half of UK adults cannot identify any key risk factors for dementia, according to a study by Alzheimer’s Research UK. The charity surveyed 2,361 people and found that only 1% were able to name the seven known risk or protective factors for dementia. The six…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/ministers-in-denial-over-state-of-social-care-funding-say-mps-11629333 By Ali Fortescue, Sky reporter The government says it is giving local councils access to billions of pounds more in funding to help pay for social care. Ministers have been accused of being “in denial” over the “perilous” state of local government finances in England as councils struggle to maintain essential…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/04/womens-brains-are-four-years-younger-than-mens-study-finds By Ian Sample Science editor Analysis of metabolic brain age may explain differences in cognitive decline rate Women’s brains are nearly four years younger than men’s, at least in how they burn fuel, according to scans performed by US researchers. Scientists found that healthy women have a “metabolic brain age” that is…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47072413 By The coroner for Northern Ireland has called the rising number of deaths linked to fake versions of the anti-anxiety drug, Xanax, “an escalating crisis”. Joe McCrisken says he is signing off an alprazolam-related death nearly once a week. He says “most of the deaths” are caused by counterfeit versions…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/03/nhs-cystic-fibrosis-drug-orkambi-vertex By Sarah Boseley Health editor Exclusive: Ministers urged to consider revoking patent on life-extending Orkambi, which NHS cannot afford Campaigners are calling on the government to urgently intervene over the cost of a drug that could extend the lives of thousands of children but which manufacturers have set at £105,000 per patient per…