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Scientists reveal how to spot first signs of dementia nine years before diagnosis

Early intervention could reduce your risk of developing dementia-related disease

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023

DWP can pay up to £4,800 a year for anyone with these 21 health conditions – are you eligible?

Since September alone there have been 34,962 new claimants for PIP, a state benefit designed to improve living standards for those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023

Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health?

Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

Fears over 'brain-eating' amoeba as people warned against clearing nose with tap water

The rare single-celled Naegleria fowleri amoeba - which was only detected 31 times in around 10 years - is taken into the body through the nostrils before travelling up to the brain, which it destroys

Daily Mirror · Feb 25, 2023

Family give mum a day of 'freedom' before telling her devastating diagnosis

Doctors had told Linda she was depressed, but her family knew it was much more serious

Manchester Evening News · Feb 25, 2023

'I reversed all of my Parkinson's symptoms with one lifestyle change'

Scott Hanley was diagnosed with stage 2 Parkinson's disease

Manchester Evening News · Feb 25, 2023

Exercise is more effective than medication in managing mental health: Study

A new study suggests that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than psychotherapy or the leading drugs in treating depression, according to experts at the University of South Australia. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 25, 2023

Social isolation enhances dementia risk factors: Study

Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University, Canada, and colleagues. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 25, 2023

Third Bunbury girl diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma as cancer trial launches

Ten-year-old Evie Whipps was happy and healthy two weeks ago, but her life has been turned upside down after she was diagnosed with an incurable tumour, a condition that has claimed the lives of two other children in her region since 2016.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2023

Scientists reveal how to spot first signs of dementia nine years before diagnosis

Early intervention could reduce your risk of developing dementia-related disease

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023