After spending three months in strict lockdown, millions of Britons in their teens or twenties have spent the summer embracing a return to relative normality. They have flocked to pubs and restaurants to make the most of Eat Out to Help Out, jetted off on holiday with friends or snuck into illegal raves. But, with … Read more
Sauropods — large, four-legged, long-necked dinosaurs — were born with a horn and binocular vision that disappeared as they matured, a study has found. Experts took 3D scans of a rare, 80 million-year-old, 1.2 inch wide fossil skull of an unhatched dinosaur that was found preserved inside its egg in Patagonia, Argentina. The team think … Read more
Quarter of migrants who claim to be children after crossing English Channel from France are older than 18, council figures reveal More than 400 of the 1,668 ‘children’ who have landed at Kent in the last five years are adults – most of them are men from the Middle East and north Africa Kent is … Read more
Almost three-quarters of older American adults with dementia filled prescriptions for medications that aren’t designed for the brain disease, a new study finds. Researchers found that many had filled at least one prescription for antidepressants, opioid painkillers, epilepsy drugs, anxiety medications or antipsychotics. What’s more, patients who were women, white and in their 60 or … Read more
A staggering eight in 10 borrowers over 55 who expect to be able to renew their mortgage are being turned down by mortgage lenders, This is Money can reveal. A study carried out by broker Retirement Mortgage Service over the past year found that more than 30,000 retired borrowers got in touch with their advisers, with … Read more
Age is no barrier to striking out on new employment paths, says career coach Joanna Booty of Metier Career Growth It’s a worrying time for many of us work-wise – but it could be the cue to strike out on a new career path. What’s more, discovers Eimear O’Hagan, being older can be a real … Read more
Younger people with COVID-19 are more likely to lose their sense of smell and taste than older patients, a new study has found. Irish researchers examined more than 40 infected patients who were asked to assess changes to their smell and taste for potential signs of anosmia. About half of the participants experienced smell and … Read more
Children younger than five can spread coronavirus just as easily as older kids and adults and have up to 100 TIMES more coronavirus in their noses – but only develop mild illness, study finds Researchers looked at 145 patients in three groups: children younger than age five, children between ages five and 17 years and adults … Read more
Children younger than five can spread coronavirus just as easily as older kids and adults and have up to 100 TIMES more coronavirus in their noses – but only develop mild illness, study finds Researchers looked at 145 patients in three groups: children younger than age five, children between ages five and 17 years and adults … Read more
The average age patients die from coronavirus in Scotland is older than the age at which people pass away normally, stark figures show. National Records of Scotland (NRS) data reveal the median age of a Covid-19 death north of the border is 81 for men and 85 for women. By contrast, the life expectancy for … Read more