Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... Thyroid problems can now be better controlled by hormone treatment . Diabetes can be stabilized , although not cured , by insulin treatment . Hip replacement operations can give many years of mobility to older people who would otherwise ...
... Thyroid problems can now be better controlled by hormone treatment . Diabetes can be stabilized , although not cured , by insulin treatment . Hip replacement operations can give many years of mobility to older people who would otherwise ...
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... thyroid and adrenal glands . The brain and pituitary gland contain a group of hormones callecd endorphins , antidepressant chemicals created naturally within the body , which react physiologically like morphine , heroin , and other ...
... thyroid and adrenal glands . The brain and pituitary gland contain a group of hormones callecd endorphins , antidepressant chemicals created naturally within the body , which react physiologically like morphine , heroin , and other ...
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reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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