The secret to success
Meet the UK’s oldest fitness instructor who is still teaching two classes a week thanks to her daily brandy – at the age of 99. Minnie Solomons has been teaching keep fit classes for fifty years ...
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Hip-op, hooray!
A lifetime of strenuous outdoor exercise protects against suffering a broken hip in later life, research on farmers found. Those who work the land had a 40 per cent lower risk of suffering the injury ...
OAPs who exercise ‘slow brain ageing by 10 years’
Exercising can knock a decade off the age of your brain, a new study reveals. The research revealed those over 65 who did little or no exercise at all experienced a decline equal to 10 years of ageing ...
OAP chronic illnesses rising
The number of elderly people suffering from two or more chronic illnesses is rising – increasing pressure on the NHS, reveals a new study. Researchers found the number of people in England aged ...