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• Early menopause may raise risk of dementia later in life

  02-03-2022 19:13
  Compared with women who enter menopause around age 50, women who experience very early menopause (before the age of 40) were found to be 35% more likely to develop some type of dementia later in life, according to a large study of women living in the United Kingdom. Women who entered menopause before age 45 were also 1.3 times more likely to develop dementia before the age of 65. In addition, women who entered menopause later, at age 52 or older, had dementia risk similar to women who entered me
  
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• One in five aged care staff in Australia plan to quit in next year, citing ‘hopelessness’

  02-03-2022 17:30
  
  Nursing union survey respondents say Covid crisis, staff shortages and exhaustion are leaving workers feeling abandonedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesOne-fifth of aged care workers say they plan to resign in the wake of the Covid crisis, according to a union survey.On Thursday, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation released a survey of nearly 1,000 workers in aged care, with 37% of respondents saying they p
  
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