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  • DON’T JUST TURN UP THE TV !!

    DON’T JUST TURN UP THE TV !!

    If you have hearing loss, you have a greater chance of developing dementia, according to a 2020 Lancet commission report that lists hearing loss as one of the top risk factors for dementia. Hearing loss doesn’t just mean you need to turn up the TV. It means take it seriously, get tested and if you need hearing aids,…

  • Hangover cure may be Parkinson’s Miracle

    Hangover cure may be Parkinson’s Miracle

    For those that don’t know her, I’ll introduce you to Sally one day. She has just arrived in Kenya, and as good as it is to see her, what I wanted first was to empty the contents of her suitcase. She has been my mule 😂 transporting high dose Vitamin B1 Thiamine capsules from the…

  • A Potent Cocktail

    A Potent Cocktail

    Tips 3 and 4 👍 … I have mentioned before that you need mental challenge – at number 2 in these 12 tips to prevent dementia. Tip 3 is “look after your mental well being” and Tip 4 is “stay socially active” I see these as contributing to each other. Rather than just individual mental challenge…

  • Brain Gym

    Brain Gym

    Number 2 in these 12 tips to prevent dementia is “regularly challenge the brain” I do this by staying in touch with many different but current organisations that need planning, research, development and decision making. I’m lucky enough to have a life full of such things !!! Maybe TOO full 🤯 For others, particularly if…

  • Jon Snow – Are you stalking me? 😂

    Jon Snow – Are you stalking me? 😂

    Episode 1 Jon begins his Odyssey on the Greek Island of Ikaria where locals live 10 years longer than the European average. Jon Snow does his own investigation into living well to 100 years old Check out the sailing with an 87 year old doctor in episode 1. Just needs a decent fishing line 🎣…

  • 💤 SLEEP 😴

    💤 SLEEP 😴

    SLEEP 😴 The first of 12 ways for YOU to prevent dementia Dementia is a massive fear for me. The Parkinsons is bad enough and research has shown there is an increased risk of dementia in Parkinsons patients. ⛔️ NOT ME ⛔️ I’m doing everything I can to keep this awful disease from my door,…

  • Is this the Silver Bullet?

    Is this the Silver Bullet?

    Is B1 the answer to help with Parkinsons? Ageing… on the 1st January 2023 the World Health Organisation officially signed off “Ageing” as a disease. Long overdue. Just think about it. Cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular problems, Parkinsons Disease and Alzheimers Disease to name but a few, are afflictions that affect us as we grow older. How…

  • Lets Get Serious…About Parkinsons & Dementia…

    Lets Get Serious…About Parkinsons & Dementia…

    Precision Medicine leaps forward A randomised control trial published in the Journal of Alzheimers Disease (JAD) this year, 2022, in the UK looked at people with early stage dementia. Twenty-five patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were evaluated for a number of underlying issues including things such as inflammation, infection or vascular disease. Each…

  • Stem Cells, the British and Democracy

    Stem Cells, the British and Democracy

    Can stem cells be engineered to cure Parkinsons? A Cambridge Uni neuroscientist says “We now know that putting dopamine cells in the brain will work and the procedure is safe” See this article Radical new therapy for Parkinson’s will use stem cell transplants which gives me huge confidence that I will live to be able…

  • The Best Reach 100

    The Best Reach 100

    Happy 100th Birthday Nondescripts Rugby Club The Nondies have been part of my life for half a century. Also now part of my children’s and grandchildren’s lives. As they reach their own Century milestone, while I’m still working on mine! they celebrated in style. A very special thank you to Crista Cullen and Simon Shaw,…