American neurologists have introduced the Brain Care Score, an interactive questionnaire that helps assess brain health and determine what lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of stroke, dementia, and depression.
Aording to the description provided by the developers at the McCance Center for Brain Health (Massachusetts General Hospital), the scale is 21 points and takes into account 12 modifiable factors – from blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol levels to nutrition, sleep, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, stress, social connections and “meaning/purpose in life.” .
The effectiveness of the approach was evaluated using UK Biobank data: in a study of nearly 399,000 participants, a higher Brain Care Score was statistically associated with a lower risk of dementia and stroke at a median follow-up of 12.5 years (in particular, a 5-point increase was associated with a reduction in risk across different age groups).
Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Ruslan Riaboshapka has said new heads of Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) will be appointed in the coming months. “We have ‘lost’ the NACP chief. Probably, taking into account your harsh comments, he decided not take any risks and wrote a letter that he would not attend today’s meeting. I think that in two months we will have a new NACP head. In order to execute your instructions, a draft law has been written. We will wait for the new parliament to start work before submitting it,” Riaboshapka said on Thursday in Kyiv during a meeting of the national council on anti-corruption policy chaired by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
NACP is headed by Oleksandr Manhul.
