Get off your bottom
Curbing the amount of time spent sitting down might help to protect ageing DNA and therefore possibly extend the lifespan, suggests a small study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medi ...
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NFOP against threat of restriction to universal benefits
The National Federation of Occupational Pensioners (NFOP) has welcomed the call for a single, ring-fenced budget for health and social care as recommended in the final report on the Future of Health a ...
New befriending service to help Minchinhampton’s isolated older residents
A VOLUNTARY befriending service to isolated older people living in and around Minchinhampton has been launched by Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl in partnership with the Ru ...
Older people urged to get active to prevent falls
Physiotherapists are calling on older people to take action now that could prevent potentially devastating falls in the future. One-third of people who suffer a hip fracture die within a year and fall ...