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Shingles Vaccine Could Lower Dementia Risk

FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Older people who avail themselves of the newest shingles vaccine could reap a hidden benefit: A significant drop in their odds of developing dementia. One expert applauded the new findings. “Dementia isn’t an inevitable part of aging; it’s caused by diseases like Alzheimer’s,” said Dr. Sheona Scales, director of research at Alzheimer’s Research …

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Why I got back on my skateboard — at the age of 60

There is nothing like climbing on to a skateboard at the age of 60 to start you thinking about the unforgiving hardness of concrete. It’s my first proper go in about 45 years, and instead of losing myself in the moment, I’m obsessing about x-ray departments and fracture clinics. But I keep going because when it works it’s incredible. And …

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Lebanese journalist wounded in Israeli strike carries Olympic torch | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A Reuters journalist was killed and six journalists from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were injured in the October attack. A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike in south Lebanon has carried the Olympic torch in Paris to honour the journalists wounded and killed in the field. The torch relay, which started in May, is part …

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South Africa skater Boipelo Awuah’s Olympic debut looms after pelvic fracture in Tokyo

The Paris Olympics will provide an opportunity for South Africa’s skateboarders to show out on the global stage, with 18-year-old Boipelo Awuah looking to finally make her debut after injury in Tokyo four years ago. The street skateboarding sensation from Kimberley in the Northern Cape was already in Tokyo for the Olympics at age 15 when she fractured her pelvic …

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Who are the arrested drug lords?

BBC There are few photos of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada (left) and Joaquin Guzman Lopez “They look for him everywhere and the man is not even hidden” go the lyrics to a song by Los Tucanes de Tijuana, in honour of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. The infamous 76-year-old drug trafficker, one of the three founders and, until now, leader of …

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‘Sobering’ report shows children at ‘significant risk of harm’

Sefton Council was rocked by the findings of a shocking 2022 Ofsted inspection which identified ‘widespread failures’ across its children’s services department Bootle Town Hall(Image: Andy Teebay) Children in Sefton are still exposed to ‘significant harm’, according to Ofsted’s latest monitoring visit. The report into the children’s services in Sefton highlights weaknesses in leadership, delays in implementing child protection protocols …

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