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LONDON — The Covid pandemic may have impacted brain health in people in the UK aged 50 and over, according to a new study.More than 3,000 volunteers completed yearly questionnaires and online cognitive tests to measure changes in memory, and other faculties, as the pandemic unfolded.The results revealed a decline, irrespective of Covid infection.Stress, loneliness and alcohol consumption may explain some of the findings, experts say.Coping with Covid fears, worries and uncertainties and disruption to routines may have had a "real, lasting impact" on brain health, they say.The rate of the drop in cognitive function was accelerated during the first year of the pandemic, when lockdowns occurred, the study found.For memory issues, the decline continued into the second year.People...
November 02, 2023
Brain power dropped among over-50s during Covid-19 pandemic, study shows
LONDON — Scientists say they may have made the biggest breakthrough in treating cervical cancer in 20 years, using a course of existing, cheap drugs ahead of usual radiotherapy treatment.Trial findings, revealed at the ESMO medical conference, show the approach cut the risk of women dying from the disease or the cancer returning by 35%.Cancer Research UK, which funded the work, called the results "remarkable".It hopes clinics will soon start doing the same for patients.Cervical cancer affects thousands of women each year in the UK, many in their early 30s. Despite improvements in radiotherapy care, cancer returns in up to a third of cases, meaning new approaches are very much needed.Dr Iain Foulkes, from Cancer Research UK, said: "Timing is everything when you're...
October 23, 2023
Biggest cervical cancer drug advance in 20 years hailed
September 15, 2023
Scientists discover how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s
September 06, 2023
Worry at antibiotics overuse at India's Kumbh Mela
September 01, 2023
Brain fog after Covid linked to blood clots — Study
July 01, 2023
MDMA: Australia begins world-first psychedelic therapy
May 25, 2023
New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI
March 23, 2023
Beethoven hair tests reveal composer's genetic health woes
December 23, 2022
Covid antiviral treatment hastens recovery — trial
December 20, 2022
Baby's life 'probably saved' by umbilical stem cells
