Is weight a more significant factor than age in the next stage of lockdown?
Should we be considering factors such as BMI when it comes to shielding a specific population? Professor Sarah Harper comments in an article published in The Telegraph.
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Leveraging design expertise for an ageing society
Two uncontested facts about the UK: first, we have an ageing population that can be especially vulnerable in a public health crisis; second, we have one of the world’s largest and most advanced design sectors, with a hard-won global reputation for crafting brilliant solutions. One might have been forgiven for thinking that the needs of […]
Notes on religion and spirituality in later life
For some time, I have wondered about the relationship between spirituality/religion and well-being in old age. What kind of evidence is there that they promote good physical and mental health and greater longevity?
COVID-19: The uncertainty of the data and the importance of mild or asymptomatic cases
Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, we have been overwhelmed by numbers, data and statistics. Right, but what do these statistics and data mean? What do they really tell us?
Corona Virus – Life could never be the same again
Life could never be the same again. For many families life will never be the same as they face the loss of dearly loved family members. For the rest of us, life could change if we start now to build on the initiatives set in place at this time of global emergency.
PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT | Trinity 2020 Seminar Series
Understanding the Biology of Ageing
So, do experts now know what they are talking about?
On Thursday 23 June 2016 the EU referendum took place and the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. I am sure we all remember either with pain or with pleasure the campaigns of both the Remain and the Leave sides in the lead up to the referendum, and in an […]
The Health of the Nation | Achieving HLE+5
Lynne Cox, who is a member of the ARCH steering committee, has been acting as scientific advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity since its foundation in May 2019, and has now authored a key paper in the APPG major report ‘The Health of the Nation – a Strategy for Healthier Longer Lives‘: […]
ISCF Healthy Ageing Social, Behavioural & Design Research Programme – Funding Opportunity
Pre-announcement UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will be inviting applications to the ISCF Healthy Ageing Social Behavioural and Design Research Programme from May 2020. £9.5m (100% fEC) will be available to support worldleading research that makes a significant contribution to the lives of people as they age.
Healthy Ageing
Department of Zoology to launch new initiative in Life and Mind around healthy ageing. For further details please contact Sharon.cornwall@zoo.ox.ac.uk