Baby boomers will be brain scanned to unlock secrets of dementia
In a landmark study, 500 men and women who were all born in the same week in 1946, will all undergo 3D brain scans as part of efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.
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I’m no longer a wife, I’m a carer but I need as much support as my husband
In 2006, my husband Andrew was diagnosed with vascular dementia. I was told I had two choices: I could leave my husband or accept that my life was on hold.
Ageing rates vary widely, says study
A study of people born within a year of each other has uncovered a huge gulf in the speed at which their bodies age.
NHS is failing dementia victims and their families, say doctors
Three-quarters of doctors say sufferers are forced to rely on family, friends, neighbours and other unpaid carers.
Traders’ hormones ‘increase risky behaviour’
Raised levels of the hormones testosterone and cortisol can make traders take more risks, which could create instability in financial markets, a study suggests.
Kent brain injury nurses ‘guilty’ of misconduct
Grant Clarke was left in urine-soaked sheets and had his emergency buzzer taken away from him, the Nursing and Midwifery Council tribunal heard.
New South Glasgow hospital named after Queen Elizabeth
Glasgow’s new hospital has been renamed the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after the monarch officially opened it.
Woman, 92, runs away from nursing home to be with her 87-year-old lover
In a story that shows the heart never stops dreaming of romance, the woman had been seeing the gentleman for some time, and he had visited her in the home.
New ‘duty of candour’ law may change after legal threat
The government is considering changing the duty of candour law just three months after it came into effect, following a threat of judicial review by a patient charity.
NHS staff told to say ‘I am sorry’ to patients for medical blunders
Doctors, nurses and midwives will have to offer patients face-to-face apologies and say they are personally sorry about medical blunders under tough new rules designed to make the NHS more honest.