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November 26, 2024 3 min read Wildfire Smoke Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia The particles that make up wildfire smoke may raise the risk of dementia even more than similar airborne pollutants from other sources By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News A firefighter is surrounded by heavy smoke as he battles the advancing Silverado […]
Annie Choong was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia’s Hall of Fame in 2017. (OCM pic) PETALING JAYA: Annie Choong Beng Hiok, the first Malaysian woman to compete in the Olympics at a time when women were not encouraged to participate in sports, has died. Choong, the sprint queen of the 1950s, died in […]
She says the challenge with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is that it’s hard for someone to predict how they will feel at a later point in time as their disease progresses. Barrick says patients need to communicate multiple specific circumstances that would have to happen in order for them to have MAID […]
The Top 20 Leading Causes of Death in The World This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Globally, more than 68 million people died in 2021. What were the leading causes of death? This […]
Dementia is a devastating disease that impacts one in 10 older Americans. But while many people want to avoid developing dementia, the exact causes of the condition have remained largely a mystery. Now, new research has found one potential risk factor for developing dementia: falls. That’s the major takeaway from a study published in JAMA […]