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How you can keep dementia at bay in old age
London, Feb 23 Exercising at least once a month as well as having satisfying relationships in adulthood are linked to better cognitive functioning and good brain health in old age, stopping dementia in its tracks, two studies have suggested. The exercise study, published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and ...Deadly mpox virus identified in people with advanced HIV: Lancet
London, Feb 22 (IANS) An international team of clinicians has identified a severe form of mpox -- formerly known as monkeypox -- with high mortality in people with advanced HIV who have weaker immune systems. The majority of mpox infections in the multi-country outbreak, which began in 2022, occurred in ...British Indian ex-cop accuses Met Police of victimising her
London, Feb 22 An Indian-origin former Metropolitan Police officer has accused the UK's largest police force of victimising her for exposing alleged racism within the ranks in her book. Parm Sandhu, who joined the Met in 1989 and served for 30 years, said she has been targeted after the Met ...Four-day week boosts employee well-being, reduces stress: New trial
London, Feb 21 Working four days a week promotes employee well-being, reduces stress while preserving productivity, a six-month trial revealed. According to the trial conducted by '4 Day Week Global' in conjunction with the UK's '4 Day Week Campaign', a four-day working week reveals significantly reduced rates of stress and ...Left out of will, Sikh widow wins half of 1m pounds estate in UK (Ld)
London, Feb 17 An 83-year-old Sikh woman, whose late husband of 66 years left her out of his will, has won a high court battle in London for a share of an estate worth more than 1 million pounds. Karnail Singh, who died in 2021, left nothing for wife Harbans ...Irish Sikh activists to plant 10,000 trees for war-torn Ukraine
London, Feb 17 Sikh environmental activists are on a mission to plant a forest in Ireland to honour people in war-ravaged Ukraine and refugees across the globe. In a joint effort, activists of EcoSikh Ireland and Reforest Nation, an Ireland-based tree planting movement, will sow a whopping 10,000 saplings in ...Meghana Pandit named CEO of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
London, Feb 18 India-born professor Meghana Pandit has become the first woman of colour to be appointed CEO of Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust. Meghana, who was named to the post on a fixed term basis in 2022, has now been appointed permanently after a rigorous and competitive ...AI performs poorly in detecting Covid by listening to cough: Study
London, Feb 15 The AI classifiers trained on audio recordings cannot accurately predict whether someone has Covid-19 by analysing the sound of their coughs, according to the study led by the UK's Alan Turing Institute. As first reported in a paper from researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...No ‘male disadvantage’ when it comes to Covid-heart disease link: Study
London, Feb 14 The so-called 'male disadvantage' in severity of Covid-19 cannot solely be explained by pre-existing cardiovascular disease as other factors also contribute to heart disease severity, researchers now say. Covid-19 is a deadly respiratory illness, but cardiovascular complications such as irregular heart beat (arrhythmia), lack of blood flow ...Sikhs at risk of being ‘unlawfully’ banned from UK courts
London, Feb 12 Practicing Sikhs in the UK face the risk of being unlawfully banned from entering courthouses or tribunals in England and Wales under present guidelines over kirpan (ceremonial dagger). Sikh lawyer Jaskeerat Singh Gulshan challenged the security policy of the courts and tribunals concerning kirpans in a case ...
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