New medical research
Every day it seems that medical researchers have come up with a breakthrough in the diagnosis or treatment for a serious illness or condition. Clinical trials and tests are going on all the time to fi ...
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What will you give someone with dementia this Christmas?
A few months ago a message was posted on Facebook asking whether anyone could make a card to help people with dementia. Several people responded, offering to make a standardised card such as the busin ...
New ways of caring for people with dementia
There are currently 5,553 people in Cardiff & the Vale diagnosed with dementia and the figure is set to rise dramatically. In 10 years time it is estimated that over 1 million people will be diagn ...
Smoking accelerates brain ageing
But giving up could help repair and recover damage to the brain, recent research suggests Giving up smoking – even in later life – could help reverse the harmful effects it has on the brain, according ...