How the pandemic has aged our brains and what we can do to fix it
15 Mar, 2021 08:30 PM
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Being stuck at home in lockdown has had a negative impact on our mental health. Photo / Getty Images
Being stuck at home in lockdown has had a negative impact on our mental health. Photo / Getty Images
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Joe Shute
It s around a year since Covid lockdown restrictions were imposed across the world, and heavy is the head that bears lockdown. Coping during this period of national incarceration has been a mental battle – and experts say the dramatic change to our lifestyles, coupled with unprecedented levels of stress, has aged our brains.
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OXFORD, England, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Covid fatigue has been blamed for a dramatic fall in the number of smokers giving up ahead of National No Smoking Day (March 10th). According to www.OxfordOnlinePharmacy.co.uk, prescriptions for stop smoking aids soared at the start of lockdown one, with figures for March almost three times as high as in the previous two years.
Lockdown three appears to have had the opposite effect with figures dipping below their pre covid numbers, in spite of evidence now confirming that those who smoke are more at risk of hospitalisation and even death from COVID-19.