Suzanne Leigh

1 week ago | bbc.com | Suzanne Leigh

Labour and Tories digest Reform UK election surgeReutersReform leader Nigel Farage was at the Runcorn count to welcome his party's newest MP, Sarah PochinThe Labour and Conservative parties are digesting the results of England's local and Mayoral elections after Reform UK made major gains at their expense. With counting complete, Nigel Farage's party took control of 10 local councils, won two mayoral races and added a fifth MP by taking Runcorn and Helsby.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Suzanne Leigh

Emma DaviesBBC NewsReporting fromTenerifeHolidaymakers heading to Tenerife in the Canary Islands are warned to prepare for disruption as hotel workers take part in strikes at the start of the Easter bank holiday weekend. Organisers say workers on the island are striking on Thursday and Friday in a row over pay and conditions. The industrial action was due to be across the Canary Islands but an agreement was reached on Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

1 month ago | ucsf.edu | Suzanne Leigh

‘Eureka moments’ change the future for patients with MSHauser, a New York City native, joined UCSF in 1992 following a faculty position at Harvard Medical School. In his 2023 memoir, “The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries,” he recounts a stunning encounter with a young woman during his medical residency. Once a competitive athlete and White House attorney, she was now ravaged by the disease.

1 month ago | ucsf.edu | Suzanne Leigh

A study in Neurology, led by Yue Leng, PhD, and Sasha Milton, followed the sleep patterns of 733 older female participants to see if specific patterns of change were associated with a higher risk of dementia. The participants, whose average age was 83, were monitored by wrist devices that track movement and time spent asleep. They had normal cognition at the start of the study. What They DiscoveredAt the end of the study, five years later, 13% had developed dementia.

Jan 16, 2025 | ucsf.edu | Suzanne Leigh

Scientists have recently shown that both the quality and the amount of sleep we get may influence our risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a study suggests that people who take significantly longer to start the dream phase of sleep, known as rapid eye movement (REM), may be experiencing an early symptom of the disease. REM follows three phases of non-REM sleep, each deeper than the last.