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Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease

Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease

Green Light for First Blood Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease in the USA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first test to use a blood sample to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. [1] The earlier Alzheimer’s disease can be diagnosed, the...

Shingles Vaccine Cuts Dementia Risk

Shingles Vaccine Cuts Dementia Risk

Researchers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination may reduce the risk of developing dementia1. The work published in Nature last month, took advantage of a vaccination rollout that took place in Wales over a decade ago. The UK...

Volunteering Slows Down Our Rate of Ageing

Volunteering Slows Down Our Rate of Ageing

Volunteering - for as little as one hour a week - is linked to slower biological aging, a new study from Washington University found[1]. Biological age measures how old our cells and tissues are, relative to our actual age in years.  Using data from the national...

Our Brains Age at Different Rates Depending on Where we Live

Our Brains Age at Different Rates Depending on Where we Live

A recent publication in the journal of Nature Medicine, reports on a newly devised ‘brain clock’ that can determine whether a person’s brain is ageing faster than their actual, chronological age. The clock indicated that brains age faster in countries with greater...