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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email It’s officially the “Dog Days” of the summer season — and they’re getting hotter and more humid thanks to the impactContinue Reading

The 'Mind' diet is very similar to the Mediterranean diet, but emphasises consuming nutrients that benefit the brain. Svetlana Khutornaia/ Shutterstock There’s long been evidence that what we eat can affect our risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline as we age. But can any one diet actually keepContinue Reading

The Orang Asli age differently. Azami Adiputera/Shutterstock.com For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes. But a new study of Indigenous populations challenges that idea and could reshape how we think about ageing itself. For decades, scientists haveContinue Reading