Older adults diagnosed with dementia lose their ability to assess how well they manage their finances, according to a recent study I co-authored in The Gerontologist. In comparison, people of the same age who don’t have dementia are aware of their financial abilities – and this…
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How Ireland became the Saudi Arabia of siphoned-off global profits
Europe got an unexpected dose of good news on June 6th: its economy turns out to have been growing twice as fast as had been previously thought. Granted, the new figure is a modest 0.6% rise in GDP in the first quarter compared with the prior…
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Environmental lawyers ‘heartened’ by another EU Court ruling backing bans on bottom trawling
Experts say the ruling is likely to have a positive impact on other legal cases on bottom trawling happening across the EU.
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Can AI chatbots speak in their own 'secret' language?
Many of the online videos are imitating Gibberlink, a technology which does exist, but is not a “secret language”, its founder told EuroVerify.
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Ukrainian refugees boosted Poland’s GDP by 2.7% in 2024, finds UN study
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Adolescents who smoke or vape may believe tobacco’s perceived coping benefits outweigh accepted health risks
Tobacco use in a variety of forms is common in adolescent life today, with over 2.25 million youth using.
Huge progress has been made over the past few decades in reducing cigarette use among young people. But tobacco use – primarily through e-cigarettes, also known as vapes – remains…
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PM Shmyhal held meeting in Dnipropetrovsk region
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal instructed the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, together with the Ministry of Finance, to develop a mechanism that will enable the timely completion of construction and installation of shelters in the region.
The head of…
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Affordable GLP-1 Drugs For Weight Loss Are Within Reach
Weight loss brings health benefits at any age, but is difficult for many to achieve and sustain.
In every news cycle, there’s at least one story about GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound. Although some extol the drugs’ health benefits, most focus on economics, including…
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Cave creations: French artists join 'Deep Time II' to work without any links to outside world
For the second edition of ‘Deep Time’, a group of artists will spend nearly two weeks in a cave deep underground at Lombrives in south-eastern France. Their aim is to create a work being cut off entirely from the outside world and all notions of time.
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Far-right Turkish politician Ümit Özdağ goes on trial for allegedly inciting anti-Syrian riots
By Gavin Blackburn with APPublished on •Updated
ADVERTISEMENTA far-right Turkish politician accused of inciting public hatred and hostility went on trial on Wednesday in a…
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