Around 850,000 people have dementia in the UK, of whom up to three quarters suffer from Alzheimer’s. (Getty Images)Scientists have identified five lifestyle choices that could cut a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s.A team from the National Institute of Aging (NIA) in Maryland looked at more than 3,000 people over around six years.Results suggest those…
The court ruled unanimously against Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton when they sought to withhold evidence. But the current court is unlikely to achieve consensus.President Trump has sought to block demands from two House committees and New York prosecutors for his tax returns and other financial information.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesMay 12, 2020Updated 6:23…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…