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A Surprising Way Daily Moisturiser May Slow Brain Ageing

By Dr David R Hamilton | March 11, 2026

Research suggests that daily moisturising may help slow cognitive decline as we age. Ageing skin releases inflammatory substances into the body, which can accelerate ageing, but moisturising can slow this process.

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4 Surprising Science-Backed Ways to Slow Ageing

By Dr David R Hamilton | March 10, 2026

These are surprising in the sense that they’re not the usual things we tend to associate with slowing ageing, like eating well and getting exercise.

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Middle aged woman in a kneeling-meditation pose in a brightly lit studio. She is wearing red leggings and a white t-shirt. There are two windows behind her with bright sunshine shining through them, with white wispy curtains open, illuminating the room. She is kneeling on an olive green mat, which sits on a wooden floor.

An unexpected way to slow ageing

By Dr David R Hamilton | February 11, 2026

Research shows that compassion-kindness based meditation can slow the rate of telomere attrition (a reliable indicator of ageing).

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How to Slow Time and Make Life Feel Richer

By Dr David R Hamilton | August 27, 2025

Because the brain encodes new experiences in rich detail and routines as faint traces, we get the sense of time skipping by in-between our key moments and experiences.

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