Simply feeling younger can protect middle-aged and older adults against health decline by buffering against stress, an astonishing new study reveals. Researchers in Germany investigated whether people’s ‘subjective age’ – feeling younger than we actually are – had an effect on the detrimental effects of stress. Specifically, the experts looked into the effects of stress … Read more
Adults are scratching their heads over three ‘simple’ primary school maths questions. The first is the seemingly straightforward equation ‘8+2×4÷2’, while the second is a photo that asks you to identify how many triangles you can see in the picture. The third is a problem where fruit such as apples and bananas represent a numeric value … Read more
Generation generous: Older people are more likely than younger adults to put in effort to help strangers Researchers found older people were more willing to put in the physical effort When a task required more effort older adults were the more willing help others ‘Prosocial’ behaviour – intended to benefit others – changes as people get older … Read more
Some Americans could be waiting all year to be vaccinated against COVID-19 despite promises from President Joe Biden. On Tuesday, Biden announced that he was speeding up the deadline for states to open eligibility to all adults from May 1 to April 19. With 112 million people already having received at least one dose and … Read more
Half of all U.S. adults will receive at least one coronavirus vaccine dose by the end of the weekend. Currently, 41.7 percent of Americans aged 18 or older have gotten at least an initial shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But on CNN‘s Cuomo Prime Time on Tuesday, Andy Slavitt, … Read more
Vaccines take-up among ethnic minority Britons soars amid advertising push with more than 90% already jabbed or planning to – as proportion of all adults who would REFUSE to have injection more than halves in four months to just 6% Just 6% of Brits would probably or definitely refuse a jab in March That was … Read more
More than 40% of US adults have now had at least one dose of COVID vaccine US has administered more than 165 million doses of coronavirus vaccines More than 40% of people in the US have had at least one dose, announced White House Covid response team member Andy Slavitt on Monday US is giving … Read more
NHS under pressure to expand Covid vaccine roll-out to all adults with Moderna’s jab set to come on stream NEXT WEEK EXCLUSIVE: Adam Smith Institute called for roll-out to be extended to all adults Vaccine drive has already been expanded to all over-45s in Northern Ireland Moderna’s vaccine will arrived in Britain ‘any day now’ … Read more
Adults who suffer from gum disease are TWICE as likely to have high blood pressure, study warns Researchers at UCL looked at the link between gum disease and blood pressure Found people with periodontitis are 2.3 times more likely to have hypertension In study, 14% of people with periodontitis had a medically high blood pressure This … Read more
Nearly half of 25 to 44 year-olds are considering taking out income protection insurance to safeguard their monthly income as a result of the Covid pandemic, new research has found. At a time when millions of people in the country have seen a decrease in the amount of money they take home due to lockdowns … Read more