“Ninety per cent (of doctors) would be prepared to be placed on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway programme if they were nearing death” is the reassuring news in today’s Metro...
"Giving up time for charity work found to boost mental wellbeing as people get older," the Mail Online reports. A new UK-based study found that volunteering was associated with increased mental wellbeing; but mainly in adults aged between 40 and 70…
Behind the headlines article on news coverage of a study into the benefits of elderly people taking ACE inhibitors.
"Low levels of face-to-face social contact 'can double the risk of depression in older people'," say The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. The papers are reporting on a new study that found over-50s...
"NHS ban medicine if you are 'too old' in new attack on Britain's elderly," is the headline in the Daily Express, with many other news sources echoing similar dire warnings. The media storm is based on the news that the…
“HRT patches may be safer than tablets,” reports The Daily Telegraph. Its story is based on new research that has found that women using low-dose hormone replacement therapy (HRT) patches...
Flu vaccinations may not reduce deaths among the elderly, reported the Daily Mail and The Guardian. Usually, it is "claimed that flu jabs halve winter deaths
The number of patients given antibiotics for coughs and colds has soared 40% despite warnings, a study finds.
“About 145,000 people with dementia are wrongly being prescribed powerful anti-psychotic medication which causes around 1,800 deaths a year,” The Times reported.