Alzheimer’s vaccine treatment

One promising potential treatment for Alzheimer’s has been developing over the past few years. This is using a vaccine to reduce the level of beta-amyloid. Beta-amyloid is found to be in high quantities in patients with Alzheimer’s and is theorised to be the main cause of Alzheimer’s. This treatment trains the immune system to recognize [...]

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Second hand smoke and life expectancy

If you are a smoker then stopping smoking is one way to increase how long you will live. However even if you are not a smoker then your life span can still be impacted from this via second hand smoke. So countries are now identifying that by imposing restrictions on smoking this impact can be [...]

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What will you look like when you are older?

You can use the age transformer provided by St. Andrews University to find out. You will need a picture of yourself where your full face can be seen. Alternatively you can use a picture of a celebrity to see the effect. Of course this can only give you a guideline to what you will look [...]

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Brain training to fight Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is another terrible age related disease, it causes a deterioration of mental abilities, including eventually the ability to take care of oneself on a daily basis, it may also involve personality changes. The risk of developing the disease doubles every 5 years past the age of 65, and some studies estimate that up to [...]

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Reduce risk of heart disease by monitoring cholesterol

What to do; go to your doctor, request to get your LDL, HDL and triglycerides measured, compare the results against the tables below. If you are not in the lowest risk category and you are approaching middle age, then consult with your doctor on what changes you can do and make changes to reduce your [...]

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