Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, is launching a new flagship walking event in three locations this summer. Walk For A Cure, the charity’s brand new event series, will start with three 5km fundraising walks in July in Lee Valley, London; Harrogate, Yorkshire; and Edinburgh, Scotland. The family-friendly walks will bring people…

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Dietary flavanols restore hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with lower diet quality and lower habitual flavanol consumption   People who consume fewer plant-based chemical substances, called flavanols, as part of their diet may be more likely to experience age-related memory decline, suggests a new study published today (Monday 29 May…

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