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Old Age part 4 – Losing it
– Dementia and its prevention Having decided that everlasting life is impractical, we can still use existing knowledge to improve our survival. But we want our extra years to be enjoyable, and that won’t be the case if our brains … Continue reading
Old age doesn’t come by itself – part 3
It seems characteristic of older people these days that we think of ourselves as much younger than these old people we see around us. This because inside we still think of ourselves as being youthful if we feel well, even … Continue reading
Posted in Backache, Health Delivery, Health Policy, Medicine, old age, Physiology, sexual relationships
Tagged Alzheimer's disease, behaviour, dementia, exercise, health, heart attack, old age
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Old age doesn’t come by itself – part 2.
There is no doubt that the effects of getting older can be very troublesome. With the insouciance of youth in the surgery I would often joke about it, and sometimes say “well, the alternative is worse”, meaning that at least … Continue reading
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Tagged deafness, eyes, health, sleep, teeth
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Children taught adults the beginning of language, not the other way around
I am never sure why scientists of all disciplines, anthropologists especially, say that the most distinctive thing about humans compared with all other primates is the fact that we walk upright. All right, it frees our hands to do all … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, aquatic Ape Hypothesis, Elaine Morgan, Food, healthy food, language, linguistics, Medicine, Physiology
Tagged babies, children, fat, hominids
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Apes and Women
I have long been interested in human evolution, and especially in the very early split between ancestors of chimps and humans. I like to think of bands of very early hominids in that pristine environment six million years ago (6 … Continue reading
Elen Samuel, doctor and writer 