Jon Adams is Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Director of the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Public Health, UTS. Jon also holds a number of national and international leadership positions/appointments with leading associations such as the PHAA and APHA and he has led work commissioned by a range of Health Ministries/Dept of Health and the World Health Organization amongst others.
Professor Adams is the world-leading public health and health services researcher focused upon self-care, informal health care and traditional, complementary, integrative and indigenous medicine use and practice. Jon was recently identified as the #1 Australian researcher in traditional and complementary medicine (Australian Scientific Report 2020) and he was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright Senior Scholarship (2019-2020). Jon is one of only a select few Australian academics to have held 3 c
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Injuries to head at young age might later worsen cognitive decline ANI | Updated: Mar 14, 2021 16:11 IST
London [UK], March 14 (ANI): The findings of a new study led by University College London researchers found that individuals who previously experienced head injuries in their 50s or younger score lower than expected on cognitive tests at the age of 70.
Head injuries did not appear to contribute to brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer s disease, but might make people more vulnerable to dementia symptoms, according to the findings published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
Lead author Dr Sarah-Naomi James (MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL) said: Here we found compelling evidence that head injuries in early or mid-life can have a small but significant impact on brain health and thinking skills in the long term. It might be that a head injury makes the brain more vulnerable to, or accelerates, the normal b
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People who experienced head injuries in their 50s or younger score lower than expected on cognitive tests at age 70, according to a study led by UCL researchers.