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Daily low-dose aspirin doesn’t reduce heart-attack risk in healthy people

For decades, doctors have been prescribing low-dose aspirin for healthy people over the age of 70. from shutterstock.com Taking low-dose aspirin daily doesn’t preserve good...

How old is too old for surgery, and why?

Many changes in the body occur in response to the injury and trauma inflicted during surgery. from www.shutterstock.com Many of us will have been in situations...

Older people now less likely to fall into poverty

The incidence of poverty among people over 65 is decreasing in part because of increased labour force participation.  Col Ford and Natasha de Vere/Flickr The...

Many older people in care die prematurely, and not from natural causes

Premature death is still an issue if the patient is in a nursing home. Most readers may be surprised to learn that frail...

There’s no need to lock older people into nursing homes ‘for their own safety’

Allowing nursing home residents to come and go as they wish may not be so dangerous after all Older people in nursing homes or...
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