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By Roger Dobson Published: 19:41 EDT, 12 October 2024 | Updated: 20:10 EDT, 12 October 2024 A handful of nuts a day could keep dementia away, according to a trailblazing study.Eating just 30g of unsalted and unprocessed nuts lowers the risk of developing the condition by 12 per cent, the team of Spanish and Portuguese researchers found.The benefits are most marked for women, those over the age of 60 and those without other risk factors such as obesity or high alcohol conspumption.The survey analysed more than 50,000 Britons over seven years using data from the UK Biobank study and Oxford…
By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 21:08 EDT, 12 October 2024 | Updated: 21:20 EDT, 12 October 2024 GP surgeries could soon benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) software that cuts the toll of appointment ‘no-shows’ by a third.Every month, more than a million people do not turn up to their GP appointments.In 2022, then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proposed a £10 fine for missing appointments but was forced to backtrack after the scheme was criticised by GPs.Now an AI system, piloted at a Norfolk GP practice, could be rolled out to tackle the issue. GP surgeries could soon benefit from artificial…
By Meike Leonard Published: 21:09 EDT, 12 October 2024 | Updated: 21:21 EDT, 12 October 2024 A common diabetes drug could cut the debilitating side-effects of prostate cancer medicines, pioneering research has found.Hormone therapy – which involves taking tablets that limit the production of the male sex hormone testosterone – is one of the most common and effective prostate cancer treatments.However, it can also cause weight gain and raise the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.But type 2 diabetes drug metformin has been shown to halve weight gain and lower blood sugar and cholesterol in patients when taken…
By Meike Leonard Published: 21:10 EDT, 12 October 2024 | Updated: 21:21 EDT, 12 October 2024 Regular meals of fish could lower the risk of developing the incurable hearing condition tinnitus, a study has found.A team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in the US researched 73,000 patients for incidence of the disorder, which leaves millions of Britons with a constant buzzing or ringing noise in their ears.Over a 30-year period, those who ate more than two servings of fish a week had an almost 25 per cent lower risk of developing tinnitus than those who ate fish rarely…
Until recently, the future for Sara Sjölund seemed, at best, uncertain. Having been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018, at the age of just 38, the businesswoman from London had undergone a raft of treatments, to no avail.Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery – all failed to halt the cruel march of the disease that hits more than 12,000 Britons a year and vanishingly few survive. Despite her medical team’s best efforts, her cancer – a type known as an astrocytoma – kept growing.While the outlook for many cancers, from breast to skin and even lung cancer – once considered a death sentence…
‘So, will you take my Just One Thing challenge?’ asks Dr Michael Mosley, eyes glinting, in the first episode of a new TV series filmed by the Mail columnist. Tragically, only two episodes were completed before his untimely and shocking death aged 67 while walking on a Greek island in the summer. But as he returns to our screens one final time, it is this infectious call-to-action that lives on.Here, in the final part of our series celebrating the best of his advice, is Dr Mosley’s guide to making Just One Thing part of your daily routine, starting with the tweaks…
After languishing on Death Row for almost 25 years, convicted murderer Richard Moore now faces an agonising decision – choosing how he will be executed.The 59-year-old American has less than a week to pick his fate for fatally shooting a shop assistant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, during a botched robbery in September 1999.Jail officials have told him he has three options: death by firing squad, electric chair or lethal injection. If he can’t make up his mind, he will be electrocuted by default on November 1.And as Moore mulls over how he will ultimately end his life, his Death…
The northern lights may continue to dazzle skies across northern US states Friday evening after a blast of solar particles and radiation struck Earth.A severe geomagnetic storm hit our planet yesterday, bringing the aurora as far as Key Largo, Florida, and many Americans could see a second round of the phenomenon. Experts have predicted that the colorful lights will visible Friday night across northern states such as Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota.The best time to see the northern lights is between 10pm and 2am local time. The northern lights were seen in Key Largo, Florida Thursday eveningThey can be visible all across…
Lisann Valentin had just moved houses in New York and was feeling stressed when she met her dead grandfather in a dream for the first time.Valentin, who was 40 at the time and an actor and writer, had been a ‘lucid dreamer’ – someone aware they are dreaming and can sometimes control what is happening – her whole life.Practicing lucid dreaming has been central to spiritual practices such as Tibetan Buddhism and the meeting with her grandfather started a spiritual awakening for Valentin. Valentin was working as a writer and actor when she met her dead grandfather (Lisann Valentin) Valentin said that…
Parents-to-be spend months searching for the perfect baby name.And a new report could help with the task by giving them insight into what names are most popular in their state.Data collected by the Social Security Administration (SSA) found that Olivia was the most popular girl name in the US, after it topped the charts in 18 states including Alabama, California and Idaho.Liam came out on top as the most popular boy name, ranking first in 22 states including Colorado, Georgia and New Jersey.This marks the fifth consecutive year that Olivia and Liam have reigned as the most popular baby names in the…