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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: hidden parthenolide compound in flowers could kill cancer cells
A team of researchers were able to extract the compound parthenolide from common gardening flowers and modify it so it could be used to...
Electronic evidence-based care systems: helping care homes enter the digital age
Jonathan Papworth, co-founder and Director of Person Centred Software talks about the urgency for social care providers to adopt electronic evidence-based care systems.
Care home...
Uniper Care Europe explain leveraging accessible technology and social connections
Discover the advanced communication technologies as a source of leveraging wellbeing for accessible technology, and social connects and engagement of older adults.
Uniper Care Europe...
Health inequality: NHS-funded private sector hip operations worsening
According to research, the impact of outsourcing NHS hip operations to the private sector concludes there is a widening health inequality occurring.
Researchers from Newcastle...
Discover the intelligent fall detector, Grannyguard
pikkerton presents Grannyguard, the intelligent fall detector, a light switch replacement that detects critical situations such as falls, requests help and allows two-way communication.
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What is the value of the outdoors for someone living with dementia?
Delve into the world of neurodegenerative diseases, as Active Minds highlights the importance of valuing the outdoors for those living with dementia.
Spending time in...
Age-related macular degeneration may be reduced by artificial intelligence
Action Against AMD have partnered with artificial intelligence company BenevolentAI to uncover the mysteries of age-related macular degeneration.
Artificial intelligence has essentially been used to...
Discover the effects of mass digitisation and the boom of myopia vision
Delve into the world of myopia vision where Mister Spex provides a brief overview of how mass digitisation could be the key player in...
A good life longer: Bee Concepts’ vision for the ageing population
Bee Concepts CEO and founder Knut Ruud explains how the company’s innovative solutions are facilitating healthy, active lifestyles for the ageing population.
Today, we live...
New research indicates that physiological age is better at predicting death
Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, research says predicting death does not necessarily come down to how old you are, it comes...
Do you think you have breathing difficulties?
Researchers from BCN MedTech and UPC reveal that a large part of the population are having breathing difficulties, which may be due to muscle...
Unlocking the process of delaying ageing and fighting neurodegeneration
Monash researchers have unlocked a key process in human cells – could this be a step towards fighting neurodegenerative diseases as well as delaying...
Symptoms of memory loss could be symptoms of impaired hearing
Older adults concerned about displaying early symptoms of memory loss should also consider that they may have impaired hearing.
Published in the Canadian Journal on...
Does moving more when you’re older = memory improvement?
According to the American Academy of Neurology, older adults who move more may preserve their thinking skills and experience memory improvement.
Memory improvement is said...
Memory retention: Drawing is better for the brain than writing
According to the University of Waterloo, Canada, older adults who take up drawing could enhance their level of memory retention.
As people grow older it...
Microgravity: insight into the ageing process through tissue chips
NIH-funded tissue chips are rocketed to the International Space Station, and this research in microgravity could produce new insights about the ageing process.
During space...
Have medical studies found a way to reverse ageing?
Research data from human medical studies combined with analytical approaches from physics offer a whole new concept to understand and maybe even reverse ageing.
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Short life expectancy: Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than the rich
According to the Imperial College London, the gap between short life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing.
Researchers...
The Ingenium Foundation: major player in the field of dementia in Bavaria
The Ingenium® Foundation focuses on different issues of dementia like dementia in acute hospitals, young onset dementia, digitisation, prevention and dementia in Bavaria.
The Ingenium...
Breast cancer deaths predicted to increase by 2022
According a to report conducted by Breast Cancer Now, the number of breast cancer deaths, though currently decreasing, will start to increase by 2022.
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