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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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Statins – the Well are Worried yet again
Are you over 60? Or younger but worried about your health? Then chances are you will be taking statins and/or aspirin. One in three people over 40 take statins, (up to seven million people in England), costing the NHS at … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspirin, assisted suicide, cancer, health, heart attack, statins, stroke
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Elen Samuel, doctor and writer 