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Vaccination against shingles might also prevent dementia, such as that caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study of health records from around 300,000 people in Wales.

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Does shingles vaccination cut dementia risk? Large study hints at a link
Analysis of nearly 300,000 people finds an association between the shingles jab and a lower rate of dementia — but questions linger.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the Royal Society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science

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Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.
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February 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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I saw the rain dirty valley
you saw Brigadoon
I saw the croissant
you saw the whole of Sassoon

#NationalCroissantDay
January 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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This is what we all should remember.
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Scientists have tracked microplastics moving through the bodies of mice in real time

The tiny plastic particles are gobbled up by immune cells, travel through the bloodstream and eventually become lodged in blood vessels in the brain

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Microplastics block blood flow in the brain, mice study reveals
Real-time imaging shows how plastic-stuffed cells form clumps that affect mouse movement.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research

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‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel
In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM