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• New app could help N.B. doctors take the guesswork out of diagnosing dementia

  29-04-2018 22:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MONCTON, N.B. - A professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Moncton says a computer application she developed could help doctors better predict a patient's risk of developing dementia.Sarah ......
  
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• Extra time: how smart exercise keeps you younger for longer

  29-04-2018 10:00
  Creaking knees, stiff back, dodgy shoulders… Age is no friend to the human body. So how are veteran athletes like Roger Federer and Jo Pavey still at the top of their game? And what can you do to keep up?Slow down, that used to be the mantra for middle age. The dread half-century reached, fiftysomethings were expected to take up less challenging physical activities – if they were physical at all. A gentle stroll around the golf course, perhaps, rewarded with a gin and tonic at the 1
  
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• Divine inspiration: how high church led to high fashion

  29-04-2018 09:00
  Heavenly Bodies, the New York Met’s latest show, pairs the Catholic church with haute couture – and is set to be a sensation. The celebrated curator behind it explains why it all began in BlackburnIt’s a long way from the grey skies of Lancashire to the glitz and flashbulbs of the global fashion event of the year, the Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. But when the world’s A-list fashionistas step out on its red carpet in a week’s time, they’ll be l
  
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• Slick Woods: from homeless teen to rebel style setter – the model taking fashion by storm

  29-04-2018 08:00
  With her gappy smile, neon crop and tattoos, Slick Woods is one of fashion’s most instantly recognisable models. But her life has been anything but easy. She talks drugs, loyalty and RihannaIf Slick Woods had a business card, she’d want it to describe her as “multifaceted,” “intellectual,” and “hood”. Those are words you don’t often see associated with her job title: model. “I model to have a platform. I use my platform for whatever the
  
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• Sailing the Nile in style

  29-04-2018 08:00
  There’s plenty of good eating, dozing and Egypt’s magnificent past to enjoy on this leisurely cruise aboard a luxurious dahabiya – though not a hint of Agatha Christie melodrama, mercifullyBy the time our dahabiya moored at Daraw, just north of the Aswan Dam, and we stepped down on to the bank, watched by a few idle cows, I was tiring of Agatha Christie. If you say you are going sailing up the Nile, everyone – absolutely everyone – cracks a gag about someone getting
  
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• Australia plans Captain Cook monument for anniversary of colonial landing

  29-04-2018 07:03
  SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian Government is planning a new monument to commemorate the April 29 anniversary of the day that British explorer Lieutenant James Cook made landfall on the continent...
  
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• Why do I wish my perfect partner didn’t dote on me so much? | Dear Mariella

  29-04-2018 07:00
  Only stay in the relationship if you’re enjoying it – and don’t overthink it, Mariella Frostrup tells a woman wondering whether her kind and loving boyfriend is a bad choiceThe dilemma I’m a 25-year-old woman in her first serious relationship. We have been together for 15 months and he is exactly what you would want in a partner – loving, kind, accepting and ultimately makes himself totally available to me in all senses of the word. This is also exactly the opposite
  
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• ‘We’re Top Gear for clothes’: the guys behind PAQ

  29-04-2018 07:00
  The founders of the trend-setting streetwear channel are using fashion to give young men a voiceIt is 1am and a queue of 300 teenagers, clad in near identical tracksuits, snakes down a street in Soho, London. The occasional scuffle breaks out, but otherwise the air is quiet and heavy with anticipation. Contrary to what you might think, this is not the entry for Tiger Tiger on a Saturday night. These kids have travelled from far and wide to camp outside the London Supreme store to get their hands
  
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• Nigel Slater’s shortbread and pancake base recipes

  29-04-2018 07:00
  If you want a slice of crumbly tart, but don’t have time to make pastry, there are simple alternativesThere isn’t always time to make the pastry case for a tart; to tenderly rub the cubes of butter into the flour with your fingers, to roll the dough into a smooth sheet then persuade it into the crinkles and corners of the tart tin. Neither is there the chance to cover the pastry with parchment and baking beans to keep it from shrinking as it bakes or to rescue runaway baking beans fr
  
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• Go holographic: the look of the future

  29-04-2018 07:00
  Glimmering lip gloss, sheer balms and space-age eyeliner… Here’s how to dress your face for tomorrow’s worldHere we are in 2018, and despite all predictions from the 80s, hardly any of us are robots, or live in space, or even wear those natty silver suits to fly to work. However, this season, holographic make-up is a thing. From these magnificent eyes on the Blonds catwalk, to a cheery assortment of new glimmering lip glosses and sheer sparkling balms (try the opalescent penci
  
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