Catherine Conlon
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The understanding of dementia has accelerated – the services to support and prevent dementia have not (opens the original)
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The Alzheimer’s landscape has changed rapidly in the last five years. Blood-based biomarkers are becoming available that can identify individuals at risk of Alzheimer’s Disease decades before symptoms appear. We now know that almost half of all dementia can be attributed to factors that can be addressed – diet, exercise, keeping the brain fine-tuned, cutting out smoking, limiting alcohol, maintaining vision and hearing; and management of blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and body weight.
TB has not gone away and must never be underestimated (opens the original)
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A recent case of infectious TB in a school in Cork has reminded us of the devastating life sentence this infection was before effective treatment was available, and how, even with treatment, it can never be underestimated. It has not gone away. Tuberculosis (TB) was a particular scourge throughout the 19th and early 20th century – a leading cause of death in children – driven by overcrowded, damp, and poorly ventilated housing – particularly in the slums of Dublin’s inner city. At that time, the
A generational ban on smoking is a shift in policy – from smoking being acceptable in adulthood to smoking being acceptable at all (opens the original)
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The only people who stand to lose under the creation of a smoke-free generation are those who profit from the sale of tobacco products, writes Dr Catherine Conlon The government is considering a ‘generational smoking ban’ which would eventually lead to the purchase of cigarettes being illegal for young people. Such a ban was introduced in the United Kingdom in April that will make it illegal for tobacco to be sold to people born on or after January 1, 2009. Health Minister, Jennifer Carroll MacN
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