Comedian Paddy McGuinness has said the “postcode lottery” of support for parents of autistic children needs to change. The TV presenter, who has three autistic children, also spoke of the
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People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in later years than those who have non-stimulating work, research has suggested. Scientists looked at more than 100,000 participants
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Researchers are trialling an artificial-intelligence system which they believe can diagnose dementia after one brain scan. Those involved in the work said being able to intervene earlier could help with
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People with learning disabilities are up to 11 times more likely to die from respiratory disease than the rest of the population, a study has found. The Scottish Learning Disabilities
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire, Leeds Beckett University and the University of Nottingham have been awarded over £300,000 of funding from the Alzheimer’s Society to co-design
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire has been awarded funding of almost £1million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to build research capacity in adult
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Almost 80% of female prisoners in Scotland have a history of significant head injury which mostly happened through domestic abuse, according to research. The University of Glasgow-led study – funded
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People with a severe mental illness are more likely to die following a heart attack than those without a psychiatric diagnosis, new research has suggested. Experts at the University of
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It’s not surprising to learn that people who experience maltreatment in childhood – such as abuse or neglect – are more likely to report poorer physical and mental health. This
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There is an “urgent” need to address racial disparities seen among heart attack patients from different ethnic backgrounds, academics have said. The remarks follow a new study which found “significant
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