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Will my high blood pressure increase my risk of developing Covid-19?
Those with high blood pressure or hypertension are at risk of having serious Covid-19, so how can they mitigate this risk?
Do not smoke out your soul
A letter from KARTHIK DrPH candidate and DR FEISUL Public health physician.
Dear Thelma: It’s true love but my parents object as he is much older
This young woman tells Thelma that she is in a serious relationship with a man who's almost twice her age, much to her parents' disapproval. And they're making her choose between them and him.
Antibody drug lowers risk of death in elderly COVID-19 patients -Cuban study
(Reuters) - An antibody drug already being used against the coronavirus in Cuba decreased the risk of intensive care admission and death among nursing home residents with moderate COVID-19, according to a small study conducted in the island nation.
UK researchers trial robots to ease social care burden
Pepper’s skill set includes making phone calls, identifying missing items in the kitchen and occasional aerobics instruction.
Big Smile, No Teeth: Parody's dead, killed by the reality of 2020
Anti-vaxxers are accusing Bill Gates of wanting to pump them full of nanobots in the guise of a vaccine. You know, we couldn’t make this stuff up!
When the mind declines
DEMENTIA is a syndrome characterised by significant cognitive decline that is severe enough to affect independence in everyday activities.
Chronic cheerlessness, withdrawal from friends and insomnia in elderly folks
Those behaviours shouldn’t be taken lightly. A senior who becomes increasingly uncommunicative and expressionless, no longer answers the phone and avoids eye contact could be suffering from depression.
Chicago man reunites with his family after nearly 40 years
Antonio Talavera entered the Center Home for Hispanic Elderly in Chicago after being hospitalised from a fall and hampered by dementia. Concerned nursing home staff tracked down his family.
Live well, age well
From DR HIZIANI HIDZIR, Doctoral candidate, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universiti Malaya.
