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New research has found that women who display neurotic behaviour may be more at risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

The study, carried out by Swedish scientists, found that women who showed themselves to be anxious, jealous and moody in middle-age were twice as likely to develop the condition.

The research, carried out on 800 middle-aged women over a span of four decades, found that those who scored highest on tests for neuroticism in middle-age were especially prone to the disease, in direct contrast to their calmer counterparts.

Other factors that were taken into consideration during the test were the women’s levels of stress, and whether they were more of an extroverted or introverted person.

Speaking after the publication of the research report in health journal Neurology this week, its author, researcher Lena Johansson, said: “No other study has shown that [a type of] midlife personality increased the risk of Alzheimer’s disease over a period of nearly 40 years.”

She added that, with previous research indicating that the number of dementia sufferers is due to rise dramatically in the coming years, it is now even more important to be vigilant for its warning signs.

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New research has found that losing your ability to smell could signal a greater risk of death.

US scientists made the link after carrying out a study in which they tested 3000 people aged between 57 and 85 with various different scents.

According to the study report, published in health journal PLOS One, 39 percent of those who failed the smell test died five years later.

The research deemed one in ten to have a ‘healthy’ sense of smell, after identifying close to every one of the selected scents, which included rose, peppermint, fish and leather.

The lead author of the report, Dr Jayant Pinto, clarified the findings of the study to Reuters, explaining: “It doesn’t directly cause death, but it’s a harbinger, an early warning that something has gone badly wrong.”

“Compared to a person with a normal sense of smell, a person with an absent sense of smell has three times greater risk of dying within a five-year span," he said.

Dr Jayant also added that he and his team intend to investigate their interesting findings further.

 

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A new study suggests that if you want to get yourself a long-term partner, you better be nice.

The study, which was published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, found that men perceive ‘nice’ women to be more feminine and sexually attractive, as well as being more worthy of a long-term relationship.

We’re a little bit sceptical about how they came to their conclusions though. In the experiment, they asked participants to divulge one negative, personal experience to a member of the opposite sex in three different scenarios. One simulation was face to face, while the other two were online. Photos of the chat partners were given to participants, but their responses were manipulated by researchers – and this is where we start to wonder….

In all three experiments, men preferred women who were more ‘responsive’ – and by ‘responsive’, they mean women who said things like “You must have gone through a very difficult time” in response to their negative story, instead of things like “Doesn’t sound so bad to me”.

Call us crazy, but is this not totally obvious? No one, man or woman, likes to have their feelings dismissed as being silly and unimportant.

Lead researcher, Gurit E. Birnbaum, said these results only relate to first encounters though:

“In such situations, people tend to rely on traditional norms of how men and women should behave. When people's behaviour fits with such expectations, they are perceived as more attractive.”

So after the first date, you can totally drop the act and be as ignorant as you like. Or you could just be polite all the time, like any normal human being!

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If you think that there's no point in exercising if you only have a few minutes, then think again.

Researchers have found that running for just seven minutes a day decreases the risk of dying from heart disease and stroke up to 45%. Not only that, but it can help you live up to three years longer than non-runners.

The study followed 55,137 participants over the course of 15 years between the ages of 18 and 100. Over that time, over 3,000 participants died. 1,217 of deaths were related to heart disease.

Apparently it doesn’t matter how slow you go, once you do go, for about seven minutes a day. Surely even the busiest among us could fit this into our schedule?!

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Feeling a little worse for wear after the weekend? Well then, you might want to give this article a miss!

New research has suggested that even one big boozy night out could cause permanent damage to their health.

Researchers in the US say that even one heavy drinking session can cause bacteria to leak from the gut, causing increased levels of toxins in the blood.

Eek!

The researchers, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, say these toxins cause the body to produce immune cells involved in fever, inflammation and tissue destruction.

“We found that a single alcohol binge can elicit an immune response, potentially impacting the health of an otherwise healthy individual,” said lead author Gyongyi Szabo. “Our observations suggest that an alcohol binge is more dangerous than previously thought.”

Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) as five or more drinks for men, or four or more drinks for women, in about two hours, depending on body weight.

Some scary post-weekend reading!

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