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A landmark study confirms healthy eating and exercise are the key to good health in old age

A landmark study confirms healthy eating and exercise are the key to good health in old age

22 Nov 2021.
A landmark study run over 35 years has revealed that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of ill health and disease in old age. A landmark study run over 35 years has revealed that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of ill health and disease in old age. The study, funded jointly by the Medical Research Council, the Alzheimer’s Society and the British Heart Foundation, is the largest of its kind. Started in 1979, the study has recorded the lifestyles of 2,500 men from Caerphilly, Wales at regular intervals. At the beginning of the study, the men were asked to eat well, keep trim, exercise regularly and refrain from smoking. Every five years, their diet, weight, ...
How palliative live-in care helps you take those meaningful steps

How palliative live-in care helps you take those meaningful steps

08 Nov 2019.
Following Tessa Jowell’s inspirational speech, find out how palliative live-in care can help support comfort and self-determination at the end of life. The key aims of palliative live-in care were brought into sharp focus when Baroness Tessa Jowell delivered an impassioned speech to the House of Lords earlier this year. In this article, we’ll celebrate those inspirational words, then look more closely at the things that truly matter when it comes to care at the end of life. Baroness Tessa Jowell’s inspirational speech On 25 January, while in the latter stages of her battle against a rare form of brain cancer, Baroness Tessa Jowell stood up to deliver a rousing speech in the House of Lords. She spoke for 15 ...
A quick guide to bowel cancer symptoms and screening

A quick guide to bowel cancer symptoms and screening

08 Nov 2019.
In honour of Bowel Cancer UK’s ‘Step Up for 30’ initiative and ‘Cancer Survivors’ Day’ (both of which take place this month), we’ve prepared this short guide to bowel cancer symptoms, tests and at-risk groups. In honour of Bowel Cancer UK’s ‘Step Up for 30‘ initiative and ‘Cancer Survivors’ Day‘ (both of which take place this month), we’ve prepared this short guide to bowel cancer symptoms, tests and at-risk groups. 1. Who does bowel cancer effect? Here’s a series of recent statistics regarding bowel cancer compiled from the NHS and Cancer Research UK: About 1 in 20 people will get bowel cancer during their lifetime 90% of people with bowel cancer are 60+ years of age Nearly 60% of bowel cancer diagnoses involve people aged ...
A landmark study confirms healthy eating and exercise are the key to good health in old age

A landmark study confirms healthy eating and exercise are the key to good health in old age

06 Nov 2019.
A landmark study run over 35 years has revealed that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of ill health and disease in old age. A landmark study run over 35 years has revealed that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of ill health and disease in old age. The study, funded jointly by the Medical Research Council, the Alzheimer’s Society and the British Heart Foundation, is the largest of its kind. Started in 1979, the study has recorded the lifestyles of 2,500 men from Caerphilly, Wales at regular intervals. At the beginning of the study, the men were asked to eat well, keep trim, exercise regularly and refrain from smoking. Every five years, their diet, weight, ...

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