Why diagnosing dementia could become that little bit easier
More than a million people will have dementia by 2021 – but at the moment it can be slow and difficult to diagnose. That’s what a new testing system hopes to improve.
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Channel 4 News is examining the alarming changes taking place in the British countryside. Science Editor Tom Clarke takes a look at trees – and why they have never had it so tough.
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More than a million people will have dementia by 2021 – but at the moment it can be slow and difficult to diagnose. That’s what a new testing system hopes to improve.
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Pakistan should collect taxes from its own rich elite before Britain hands over more aid money, a Commons committee has said.
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David Cameron outlines how he will end Britain’s “something for nothing” immigration culture, with curbs on unemployment and housing benefits and access to the NHS.
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Have Labour’s spinners overcooked claims of a crisis in nursing numbers? FactCheck dons its rubber gloves.
Another week, another study – this time on the dangers of too little sleep. But before we all panic, Channel 4 News speaks to the experts about whether we should lose sleep over counting sheep.
Money from the UK’s official aid budget could be used to fund military operations to stabilise war-torn states says David Cameron. And aid agencies agree – up to a point.