Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma more than a week after he lost consciousness and has attempted to communicate with family members at his hospital bedside, the BBC reported on Saturday.
Gibb, 62, has begun to show signs of recovery and has been able to nod and communicate with his family, spokesman Doug Wright was quoted as saying by the BBC. Wright could not immediately be reached to confirm the report.
The singer contracted pneumonia and fell into a coma at a central London hospital earlier this month. He had been receiving treatment for colon and liver cancer. He founded the Bee Gees with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry in the late 1950s.
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Chores may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s
Being engaged in mundane household chores like cooking, cleaning and washing dishes could help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease even in those over 80 years of age, a new study has claimed. The study included 716 dementia-free men and women in their 70s and 80s who had to wear a device to monitor their daily activities. They were also given cognitive tests to measure memory and thinking ability.
After around three years, 71 of the volunteers developed Alzheimer’s disease, and it was found that the least active were more than twice as likely to develop the disease as those who were most active.
“The results of our study indicate that all physical activities including exercise as well as other activities such as cooking, washing the dishes, and cleaning are associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease,” said study author Dr Aron Buchman. — PTI