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IF you slather margarine on your toast or toss mayonnaise through your salad, making a simple diet swap could slash your risk of dying from dementia, scientists say. Replacing the teaspoon of the margarine or mayo you’d use with the same amount of olive oil could improve your odds against the brain-robbing disease. 1Swapping mayo for olive oil could lower your risk of dementia-related deathCredit: GettyJust as delicious, making a change to peppery olive oil was linked to an 8 to 14 per cent lower risk of dementia-related death, according to research. Aside from making this swap, the study -…

THIS is the horror moment hundreds of terrified tourists were left dangling on a 3,700ft mountain for at least an hour.The thrillseekers were climbing a sheer rock face in China’s Zhejiang Province but were left stranded when the line suddenly stopped moving.4Hundreds of tourists were stuck climbing a mountainside at Yandang Mountain, ChinaCredit: AsiaWire4Delays were up to two hours as the passenger flow increased significantly during the May Day holidayCredit: AsiaWire4One climber posted a worried note and a video to a relative saying they had been stuck for an hour on the side of the cliff and nothing was moving.It…

SKY has warned customers using its old Wi-Fi routers that their aged kit is a security risk.While there is no suggestion of an immediate threat, dated Wi-Fi hubs of any kind are far more vulnerable to attacks from cyber crooks when they stop receiving security updates.2Sky has emailed affected customersCredit: Getty2Upgrade comes after new law forcing companies to boost gadget securityCredit: AlamySecurity updates are technical changes that service providers routinely put out so the router is safe against new and emerging threats.And anyone with the Sky Hub 3 or earlier no longer receive these, which puts their network at risk.In…

A MODEL who appeared in Vogue is “coming out” as deaf – after 12 years of pretending not to be.Georgia Meacham, 30, was born “moderately” deaf and started using hearing aids on both ears at 17 months old.4Georgia Meacham, 30, has revealed she is moderately deafCredit: SWNS4She started using hearing aids on both ears at 17 months oldCredit: SWNS4Georgia wants to restart her career as a role model for deaf peopleCredit: SWNSShe says she spent her entire adult life “ashamed” of her disability.After receiving a modelling contract aged 18, she didn’t want to tell anyone she was deaf – and…

THIS is the bizarre moment a Ukrainian bloke is caught trying to flee across the border disguised as his sister to avoid being deployed on the frontlines.The muscular 44-year-old man, now forever dubbed a draft dodger, attempted to escape by donning a dodgy wig, make-up and a skirt as he tried to use his sibling’s passport to con officials. 4A Ukrainian bloke has been caught trying to flee across the border disguised as his sister to avoid being deployed on the frontlinesCredit: Newsflash4The 44-year-old donned a skirt, make-up and a wig to try and sneak past the border guards and…

MILLIONS of Samsung phones have a special button to boost your battery life – but it’s easy to miss.Tapping it will unlock three settings that can help you squeeze more juice from your Samsung.4Your Samsung phone has several settings aimed at boosting battery lifeCredit: Samsung4You could tweak some of these settings to get a quick boostCredit: SamsungA phone’s battery life depends on many things, including the size of the cell and the strain your phone’s software puts on it.But the way you use your phone and the settings you choose can make a difference, and there are some tricks that…

A MAN with a severely swollen penis received a shock diagnosis after suffering in silence for 17 years. The 72-year-old had lived with swelling in his leg, scrotum and penis – which made his member look partially erect – for almost two decades before doctors got to the root of its cause. 1The man endured a swollen penis for 17 years before doctors diagnosed him with a little known tropical diseaseCredit: GettyHis curious symptoms were first spotted when he was hospitalised, a a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine by doctors at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland explained. Medics…

A FITNESS fanatic claims to sleep for just 30 minutes a day in order to hit the gym and get ripped.Daisuke Hori, 36, from Japan, made the drastic lifestyle change more than 12 years ago in order to find enough time for all his favourite hobbies.7Daisuke Hori, 36, claims he has been sleeping only 30 minutes for the past 12 years in order to get rippedCredit: Jam Press7The Japanese fitness fanatic said he struggled to find enough time for all his hobbiesCredit: Jam Press7He has now altered his lifestyle to fit in as much as he can in a single…

SKY customers will find a brand new channel on their boxes later this month with a whole host of beloved classic shows from the 80s and 90s.Old favourites such as Channel 4 hit Drop The Dead Donkey will be shown on Rewind TV when it launches soon.1Drop The Dead Donkey expected to appear on the new channelCredit: Channel 4The sitcom, which is set in the fictional TV newsroom of GlobeLink News, ran from 1990 to 1998.This year it was revived into a stage show, with original stars Jeff Rawle, Victoria Wicks and Neil Pearson.Another classic on the channel comes from…

A MODEL lost both of her legs after using tampons as instructed on the box.Lauren Wasser, then 24, dutifully changed them every four hours while on her period in October 2012.6Lauren Wasser had both legs amputated after developing toxic shock syndromeCredit: theimpossiblemuse6The model walking the runway for Louis Vuitton on prosthetic legs in 2022Credit: AFPBut she soon began to experience flu-like symptoms, and within a matter of hours, she was “minutes from death”.Lauren, from Santa Monica, California, was rushed to the hospital, where she suffered two heart attacks, her kidneys failed and her tissue began to decompose. Doctors had no…