GoPro cameras fitted on firefighters’ helmets have helped improve commanders’ decisions during emergencies. Fire officers were fitted with the cameras during virtual reality simulations, giving Cardiff University researchers a unique perspective on how judgements were made in emergencies. The study showed decision-making was often intuitive and reflexive, with officers affected by past experiences of similar […]
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Altering your meal times could be the key to minimising disruption to the body clock caused by shift work or jet lag, according to new research published in the journal, Current Biology. In the first human study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey discovered that delaying meal times delays the circadian rhythm […]
According to Alzheimer’s Society, there are approximately 42,000 people in the UK with a form of young onset dementia, where ‘young’ means between the ages of 30 and 65. For those people, the effects of dementia can be even more devastating as many in this age bracket still struggle to balance work and maintain mortgage […]
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City life may substantially increase a young person’s risk of having psychosis, including hearing voices and feeling extremely paranoid, according to a new study from King’s College London and Duke University. Published today in Schizophrenia Bulletin, the study found that British adolescents raised in major cities in England and Wales were over 40 per cent more likely to […]
My first trusteeship was back in 1987 for what is now Age UK. The charity now includes more than 150 local Age UKs throughout England as well as the national bodies in each of the devolved countries. Age International works similarly in some of the world’s poorest countries. Each charity is dedicated to help older […]
We are living in The Aluminium Age. Throughout the history of humankind we have lived through various ‘metal ages’ including the Iron Age and the Bronze Age. Towards the end of the nineteenth century there was arguably one of the most important technological advances of the modern era. A method was developed to make aluminium […]
UK tap water contains very low levels of dissolved silicon or silicic acid (more often referred to as silica), which is unfortunate for the nation’s health. I think everyone should drink silicon-rich mineral water every day to remove toxic aluminium from their bodies and brains. Over the last 10 years, my team at Keele University […]
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Stimulating the brain with electric current can boost memory, according to scientists at Imperial College, London. They found that applying a low voltage current can bring different areas of the brain in sync with one another, enabling people to perform better on tasks involving working memory. The hope is that the approach could one day […]
One Minute Medical School expert talks about the issues surrounding drug therapies for children with ADHD. […]
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects up to 2 per cent of the population. Did you know kids can get it from an infection? […]