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90% of doctors 'support Liverpool Care Pathway'
90% of doctors 'support Liverpool Care Pathway'
Older people

“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...

Published date 21 August 2017
Volunteering may boost mental wellbeing in older adults
Volunteering may boost mental wellbeing in older adults
Older people

"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…

Published date 21 August 2017
Elderly people get boost from blood pressure pill
Elderly people get boost from blood pressure pill
Older people

Behind the headlines article on news coverage of a study into the benefits of elderly people taking ACE inhibitors.

Published date 21 August 2017
Visits from friends and family 'ward off depression in later life'
Visits from friends and family 'ward off depression in later life'
Older people

"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...

Published date 21 August 2017
NICE drugs policy for the elderly is unchanged
NICE drugs policy for the elderly is unchanged
Older people

"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…

Published date 21 August 2017
Stroke risk lower with HRT patches
Stroke risk lower with HRT patches
Older people

“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...

Published date 21 August 2017
Flu jab benefits questioned
Flu jab benefits questioned
Older people

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

Published date 21 August 2017
Steep rise in antibiotic use for coughs and colds
Steep rise in antibiotic use for coughs and colds
Older people

The number of patients given antibiotics for coughs and colds has soared 40% despite warnings, a study finds.

Published date 21 August 2017
Antipsychotic use in dementia
Antipsychotic use in dementia
Older people

“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.

Published date 21 August 2017
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