Karnataka: a 50-year-old name, centuries of legacy
Today marks the golden jubilee of renaming the state Karnataka from erstwhile Mysore Source link
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Olivia Newton-John’s cancer-research legacy
The singer and actress spent years raising money to fund cancer research. Source link
Loneliness: Adopt a Grandparent scheme flies but NI charities warn of ‘legacy’
The scheme receives more than 2,000 applications, as charities warn of looming “loneliness legacy”. Source link
The shameful legacy of the Lennox Castle hospital
Scotland’s largest hospital for ‘mentally deficient’ people closed 20 years ago amid claims of torture and neglect. Source link
The NHS Covid legacy – long waits and lives at risk
One in four hospitals sees long waits balloon, as NHS warned backlog will take years to tackle. Source link
Covid: UK Biobank scans aim to reveal health legacy
Prof Paul Matthews, a neuroscientist from Imperial College London, said: “The brain scans can tell us more general things about the brain structure. Whether there’s evidence for inflammation in the brain that may be persisting, and whether there’s been damage enough to to actually kill nerve cells in the brain that may cause some shrinkage.” … Read more
Legacy Racist Mortgage ‘Redlining’, Fewer Green Spaces
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A racist mortgage appraisal practice used in the United States decades ago has resulted in less green space in some urban neighborhoods today, researchers say. Those so-called “redlined” neighborhoods have higher rates of air and noise pollution, racial segregation and poverty — all of … Read more