Tag: middle age


  • Woman in Mind review: Sheridan Smith shines on a timeless West End stage

    Woman in Mind review: Sheridan Smith shines on a timeless West End stage

    Introduction: a fresh breath of Ayckbourn at the West End The West End welcomes back a classic with a distinctive modern pulse. Woman in Mind, Alan Ayckbourn’s sharp, eerie meditation on perception and middle-age disquiet, returns to the stage with Sheridan Smith delivering a tour de force performance. This production proves that originality isn’t about…

  • Quitting Smoking in Middle Age Cuts Dementia Risk

    Quitting Smoking in Middle Age Cuts Dementia Risk

    What the study found A large, multi-country study involving 9,436 adults aged 40 and older from England, the United States and 10 other European countries found a striking cognitive benefit for those who quit smoking in middle age. Over a six-year follow-up period, quitters showed slower cognitive decline and a markedly better trajectory of memory…