Name: Is a little alcohol good for the mind? by The Lifecourse Podcast
Duration: 7 min 18 s
Description: It has been suggested that drinking a small amount of alcohol can reduce the risk of dementia and even enhance our cognitive function. However, research from Professor Meena Kumari, which makes use of genetic markers and recently developed methods, challenges that view. In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, she explains how.

Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2014

Professor Yvonne Kelly, UCL Epidemiology and Public Health

The more advantages a child has early in life, the better their health and development and their own socioeconomic circumstances in adulthood. This talk examines what factors during pregnancy and in the early years of life set children off on better life trajectories, and what can be done to ensure that every child has a good childhood.

You can also watch this lecture on the UCLLHL YouTube channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnZ4PW-xrU


A good start in life (25 Feb 2014)

It has been suggested that drinking a small amount of alcohol can reduce the risk of dementia and even enhance our cognitive function. However, research from Professor Meena Kumari, which makes use of genetic markers and recently developed methods, challenges that view. In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, she explains how.

Is a little alcohol good for the mind?

UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Having it all: dispelling the myths about work and motherhood

Dr Anne McMunn (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health)

Date: 8th March 2012

We hear a lot about the stresses of juggling motherhood with paid work, and the subsequent harm this might cause children. However, this lecture to mark International Women's Day discusses evidence from UK cohort studies following generations of men and women which suggests that working mothers not only end up healthier in mid-life, but that their daughters may also end up happier too.

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Having it all: dispelling the myths about work and motherhood

A podcast from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies. Short interviews with researchers about their findings and their implications for policy and society. Details of all the research discussed can be found in the Publications section of the ICLS website.

Is a little alcohol good for the mind?

The Lifecourse Podcast

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