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Dementia has become a political problem, with the Prime Minister intervening in the debates about how best to respond to the growing numbers of people with the condition. Special payments to GPs for spotting people with dementia have been quietly…

18 Dec

INNOVATION ‘SPACE RACE’ NEEDED TO PREVENT AGEING POPULATION TIMEBOMB

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Key business challenge for 2016: The financial and emotional cost of the ageing population is one of the key issues facing society – considered by some to be a ‘time bomb’ that will take economies to a new crisis point…

03 Sep

Researchers develop novel test which can tell how well a person is ageing

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A new molecular test, which can indicate how well a person is ageing, could transform the way ageing is approached in medical research by assessing a person’s ‘biological age’ rather than the number of years they have lived. The findings,…

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Dementia – More muddling along?

INNOVATION ‘SPACE RACE’ NEEDED TO PREVENT AGEING POPULATION TIMEBOMB

Researchers develop novel test which can tell how well a person is ageing