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Kate Middleton Makes Landmark Speech to Kick Off Her Major New Campaign

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Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales (L) and Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales — Britain’s Prince William, Prince of Wales (L) and Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales

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Kate Middleton gave a landmark speech on the importance of the early years of a child’s life at a reception in London on Monday.

The Princess of Wales, 41, is kicking off a busy week, which will see her launch the Shaping Us campaign for her Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood.

Prince William was also in attendance in support of his wife at the special reception at BAFTA headquarters in London.

“The campaign is fundamentally about shining

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A study of older adults in China found a link between a healthy lifestyle and slower memory decline

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A healthy lifestyle, in particular a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline, found a decade-long study of older adults in China, published today in The BMJ.

Even for carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene – the strongest known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias – a healthy lifestyle was found to slow memory loss.

Memory continuously declines as people age, but evidence from existing studies is insufficient to assess the effect of a healthy lifestyle on memory in later life. And given the many possible causes of memory decline, a combination of healthy behaviors might

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Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China | Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Black Americans struggle with ‘triggering’ Tyre Nichols video

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Angelina Paxton had been friends with Tire Nichols for more than half her life.

As teens, she said, they spent their days at the skate park, and their afternoons watching the California sunset while talking on the hood of a car.

And that’s exactly how they spent a final afternoon together, in 2020, when Ms Paxton visited Mr Nichols in Memphis.

Three years later, after footage of officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols was made public, Ms Paxton said she refused to replace those happy memories with images of the attack that allegedly led to his death.

“I have done everything

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Swear By These 4 Desi Super Drinks For A Healthy Lifestyle

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We have often been told to eat healthy, cut down on snacks and monitor calorie intake. But honestly, it’s quite a task. The commitment to a healthy diet and lifestyle lasts only a few days. While many may believe that only a few can maintain a healthy lifestyle on a day-to-day basis, nutritionist Lovneet Batra refuses to agree and calls it a “misconception.” According to her, “When it comes to health, you need not look beyond your kitchen shelves.” The nutritionist has often highlighted superfoods and their impeccable health benefits. Now, it’s time for some Indian super drinks, which are

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Five signs of sepsis you need to know and act on immediately

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Sepsis kills around 50,000 people every year in the UK, and takes more lives than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined worldwide.

But what is this deadly condition that can overwhelm and kill previously healthy adults and children within a matter of hours?

Sepsis expert and pediatric intensive care consultant Dr Colin Begg, a trustee of the charity Sepsis Research FEAT, explains: “Sepsis is a major cause of serious illness and death in the UK and across the globe. Its main impacts are on the very young and the very old, but it still remains one of the few disease

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Top secret for a long life: expert weighs in

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Longevity and mental health are more linked than you might realize. “Our bodies and minds are not separate, so it’s really no surprise that our mental health and our physical health are closely connected, especially when it comes to aging,” Regina Koepp, a board-certified clinical psychologist and the founder of the Center for Mental Health and Aging, tells Yahoo Life.

Her advice: Focus on improving your mental health and longevity, while also working on your physical health. “Maintaining your mental health is actually the key to living a long and fulfilling and healthy life,” she says. Working on your mental

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UBC promises to go beyond eating well and exercising in a healthy aging speaker series

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What steps can people take right now to ensure their lives are as long, happy and healthy as possible?

This is the question a new speaker series by the University of British Columbia’s Healthy Aging Program hopes to answer.

The current chair of the program, Michael Kobor, says they still don’t know all the answers, but they do know where some of the secrets lie. Good nutrition and exercise are obvious ones, but less researched areas are important too.

“There are also psychosocial aspects, like belonging and having a purpose in life,” Kobor says.

A leading expert in epigenetics, Kobor

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