Leading dementia experts are urging quicker access to NHS hearing tests because of the increased link between deafness and dementia. Their plea comes as people in more than half of Scotland are waiting more than two years to have hearing aids fitted. Last …
Everyone talks about Prince Andrew’s “fall from grace” but that raises an awkward question. When exactly was his grace period? Admittedly, even the most cynical among us aren’t immune to royal wedding fever, and when he married Fergie the nation was still …
In a moment suspended between worlds — ancient China and 19th-century Vienna — a quiet spark leapt across centuries to ignite the imagination of a composer in Chennai. It was 2018, and Ganesh B Kumar, city-bred musician, stumbled upon a quote by Confucius: …
In the throes of the pandemic, people started noticing something odd: an uptick of negative reviews of scented candles, claiming they had no fragrance. The trend line of the bad reviews coincided with spikes in COVID-19 cases. That’s because one of the …
LINCOLN — State lawmakers advanced an amended proposal Wednesday to slow annual increases to Nebraska’s minimum wage down to a fixed rate, rather than using the inflationary bumps that voters approved in 2022. Legislative Bill 258, from State Sen. Jane …
Recently I found out that I’m dying. The news really dampened my day. My doctor says that everyday I’m alive, I get closer to death; he predicts I may not make it past 90. Wow, dying. Now it’s all I can think about. Fortunately my spirits are high. As God …
In 1978, I gave a poetry reading at Hull University. Philip Larkin was glumly, politely, in attendance. I was duly appreciative, knowing what it must have cost him. He was deaf as well as disaffected. Perhaps the deafness helped. The next day, we had a …
Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia The Nasarawa State Government has pledged full support for the Federal Government’s proposed immunisation campaign aimed at eliminating measles and rubella, scheduled for launch in October this year. Governor Abdullahi Sule made …
Cropped picture of a senior woman holding empty shopping basket during economy crises.getty When economic storm clouds gather, as we have experienced over the past few weeks, the contents of our shopping carts change in subtle but predictable ways. As …
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