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25 Years of the 21st Century: The Age of Changing Families | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper features in BBC Radio 4 Programme Sideways which explores how technology, changes in social trends, medical innovations, demography and economic factors have altered the...
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Concussions 'reactivate dormant virus in brain' | Prof Ruth Itzhaki
A new study co-lead by Prof Ruth Itzhaki has found that repeated head injuries could reawaken a dormant virus in the brain, triggering the onset of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. ...
Falling Birth Rates | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining birth rates in a BBC Radio 4 interview. Listen here: TODAY BBC sounds (1:42: 00 into the pr0gramme), 1&nb...
One third of babies are born to overseas mothers | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining birth rates in an article published by The Times on 8 November 2024. "Non-UK born mothers have always tended to have a ...
Science budget cuts
Institute joins call over concerns of science budget cuts ► Times letter: Science budget cuts ►Oxford vice-chancellor and Brian Cox warn against research cuts
The truth about why we stopped having babies | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining birth rates across the globe in an article published by The Independent on 2 September 2024. “When you improve wo...
How Britain’s falling birthrate is creating alarm in the economy | Sarah Harper
The total fertility rate across England and Wales fell to 1.49 children per woman in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Professor Sarah Harper c...
Birth rate drops to new low in England and Wales | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on on record drop in birth rates in England and Wales in an article in The Financial Times - Birth rate drops to new low in England and...
Rulers and the rules of ageing | Prof Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on the effects of diet on health and longevity in a BBC Radio 4 interview. Listen here: Rulers and the rules of ageing (42: 23 on the clock...
Birthrate in England and Wales drops to lowest level in two decades | Sarah Harper
The Office of National Statistics data, released on 17 August, showed the number of babies born in England and Wales in a year dropped in 2022 to the lowest level in two decades, ending ...
A new start after 60 | Judith Holder
Distinguished but disillusioned, TV producer Judith Holder decided to stop work at 60. After a visiting position at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, exploring later life, she set up the s...
Do single people get a raw deal? | Sarah Harper
Single people make up a large proportion of the population in Britain. People are marrying later and less, getting divorced more often, and living longer. Although not all people who live alone are...
Today's 5-year-olds will likely live to 100. What will their lives be like?
For children in wealthier nations, 80 will be the new 60. That means a life filled with day-to-day technological advances—and a new way of thinking about school, work, and retirement. Prof...
Could Alzheimer’s be caused by an infection? | Ruth Itzhaki
Professor Ruth Itzhaki was referenced in an article in The Guardian 'Could Alzheimer’s be caused by an infection?' "When Prof Ruth Itzhaki from Oxford University&rsq...
Ageing Populations Can Be Good for the Climate Change Fight | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on the link between demographics and climate change in an article in TIME - Aging Populations Can Be Good for the Climate Change Fight. “On t...