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Study identifies factors linked to dying comfortably for the very old

05 Oct 2017

Very old people are more likely to die comfortably if they die in a care home or at home, compared with dying in a hospital, suggests a new study...

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Steel Dust: Young and Old

We ask the experts: does society really care about the old and the vulnerable?

28 Oct 2013

On November 1 Melvyn Bragg will talk about his book Grace and Mary at the Festival of Ideas. The novel is based on Bragg’s own bitter-sweet...

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Pills

Drug side effect linked with increased health risks for over 65s

24 Jun 2011

A side effect of many commonly used drugs appears to increase the risks of both cognitive impairment and death.

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