Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... later old age ( Fulder ( 1983 ) ; Walford ( 1983 ) ) . Many health decisions are a matter for national education , as much as individual choice . Death from heart disease in the UK is now amongst the highest in world . Previously , this ...
... later old age ( Fulder ( 1983 ) ; Walford ( 1983 ) ) . Many health decisions are a matter for national education , as much as individual choice . Death from heart disease in the UK is now amongst the highest in world . Previously , this ...
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... later in more chronic forms . Drugs complicate illness by interfering with the natural chemistry of the body , suppressing rather than curing disease , pushing it deeper into the body . Thus , whilst drugs can appear to improve health ...
... later in more chronic forms . Drugs complicate illness by interfering with the natural chemistry of the body , suppressing rather than curing disease , pushing it deeper into the body . Thus , whilst drugs can appear to improve health ...
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... Later Life , Age Concern England , London . Griggs , Barbara ( 1981 ) Green Pharmacy : a History of Herbal Medicine , Robert Hale , London . Hills , Margaret ( 1985 ) Curing Arthritis : the Drug - free Way , Sheldon , London . Hite ...
... Later Life , Age Concern England , London . Griggs , Barbara ( 1981 ) Green Pharmacy : a History of Herbal Medicine , Robert Hale , London . Hills , Margaret ( 1985 ) Curing Arthritis : the Drug - free Way , Sheldon , London . Hite ...
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reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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