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Tag Archives: BBC World Service
Lithium: a Potential Approach to Dementia Risk Reduction? (BBC News / JAMA Psychiatry)
Summary Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that long term exposure to higher levels of lithium in drinking water appears to be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia. The relationship is non-linear in nature, however, for … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Air Pollution Might Increase Risk of Dementia? (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society / PNAS / NHS Choices)
Summary Particles of iron oxide (magnetite) related to air pollution have been discovered in samples of human brain tissue. There may be a weak link between air pollution-related particulates and development of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, but the evidence at … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Public Health, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Air Pollution in the UK, Air Quality, Air Quality: Diesel Scrappage Scheme Under Consideration, Airborne Particulate Matter, BBC Health News, BBC Politics News, BBC Science and Environment News, BBC Science News, BBC World Service, BBC’s So I Can Breathe Series, Behind the Headlines, Brain Magnetite, Centre for Environmental Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism: University of Lancaster, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Combustion-Derived Nanoparticles, Damaging Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), Department of Earth Sciences: University of Oxford, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences: University of Lancaster, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Pyschology: University of Manchester, Dr Clare Walton: Research Manager at Alzheimer's Society, Engine Idling (Stationary Vehicles), Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Faculty of Health and Medicine: University of Lancaster, Glasgow, House of Commons, House of Commons Environment Health Transport and Environmental Audit Committees, Iron Oxide Particles (Magnetite), Lancaster, Lancaster Environment Centre: University of Lancaster, Lancaster University, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Magnetite (Iron Oxide Particles), Magnetite From Air Pollution, Magnetite Pollution Nanoparticles, Magnetite Pollution Particles, Manchester, Mexico, Mexico City, Modifiable Risk Factors, Nanoscale Magnetite, Nanospheres, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurotoxicology Laboratory: University of Montana, Overlapping Risk Factors, Particulate Matter, PNAS, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Public Health England (PHE), School of Biological Sciences: University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy: University of Glasgow, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, So I Can Breathe (BBC World Service), So I Can Breathe (BBC), Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, SoICanBreathe Series (BBC World Service and BBC World News), Speed Bumps, UK's Most Polluted Towns and Cities (WHO 2018), Universidad del Valle de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Glasgow, University of Lancaster, University of Manchester, University of Montana, University of Oxford, Vehicular Pollution, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Historical Perspective on Patient History Taking (BBC News / BBC World Service)
Summary A short BBC World Service “Witness” video about Dr Konrad Maurer, who back in 1995 discovered the missing case study of the first ever “recognised” Alzheimer’s Disease patient as described by Dr Alois Alzheimer. Full Text Link Reference The … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, In the News, International, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged 1888, Auguste Deter, BBC Health News, BBC World Service, Case History (Dr Alois Alzheimer), Case Studies, Dr Alois Alzheimer, Dr Konrad Maurer: Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt, Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt, Historical Vignette on Patient History Taking, History Taking, Patient History Taking, Witness: BBC World Service
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