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Campaign urges barbers to tackle loneliness by offering free haircuts to elderly men
Published on 22 November 2017 04:32 PM
When we think of Christmas, few of us think of loneliness. No one associates Christmas with loneliness. But it’s an...
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Rise in ‘excess deaths’ for elderly last winter ‘likely due to flu’
Published on 22 November 2017 04:03 PM
Respiratory diseases, including flu, claimed thousands of lives of elderly people last winter as “excess winter death...
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Study warns of 100 excess deaths a day if NHS funding is not increased
Published on 17 November 2017 01:06 PM
The squeeze on public spending and the drop in nurse numbers since 2010 has contributed to 120,000 unnecessary deaths...
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Grandparents may pose cancer risk' to children, scientists warn
Published on 15 November 2017 02:06 PM
Grandparents pose a potential health risk to children and may even put them at risk of cancer, scientists say. The...
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Christmas with Age UK Lambeth
Published on 15 November 2017 09:53 AM
The office is split into two camps at the moment. The Christmas lovers and the Christmas haters. Some of are wanting...
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Iris Apfel on fashion, tech and what really makes a woman look old
Published on 06 November 2017 11:54 AM
Even at 96 Iris Apfel shows little interest in slowing down. Over the past six decades, the self-described "geriatr...