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Proton therapy may be effective for treating cancer in elderly
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 25 (ANI): Researchers have recently found that proton beam therapy is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue and in combination with chemotherapy may be effective for treating esophageal cancer in elderly patients.
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Elderly couple commits suicide in Ludhiana
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 22 (ANI): An elderly couple allegedly committed suicide at their residence in Ludhiana's Rajguru Nagar late last night by consuming poison.
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Man made to spit and lick in Bihar
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Nalanda (Bihar), Oct 19 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, an elderly-looking man was allegedly made to spit and lick as a punishment for entering the Sarpanch's house without knocking.
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Physical activities can help elderly people avoid social care expenses
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 18 (ANI): Increasing exercising activities can help elderly people to reduce the need for costly social care, a new study suggested.
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World Arthritis Day: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): It is fairly common to hear an elderly complain about knee stiffness and pain. But with the steady rise in arthritis cases among youngsters, the problem has become an epidemic that is affecting over 15 per cent of the Indian population.
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Cold weather may up risk of heart failure in elderly
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 27 (ANI): You may ask your grandparents to avoid fog and low cloud in the winter as an increase in hospitalisation and death of elderly patients, with heart failure, is linked to change in temperature and atmospheric pressure, finds a study.
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Nutrition amongst elderly: 7 myths debunked
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 18 (ANI): Population ageing is one of humanity's greatest success stories. But at the same time, it is also one of the greatest challenges to cope with in the existing policies.
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Discrimination prompting older Chinese-Americans toward suicidal thoughts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 1 (ANI): Elderly Chinese-Americans facing racial biases are becoming twice more likely to consider suicide than those who don't encounter similar discrimination, according to a new study.
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Agra: Branded as witch, elderly woman lynched over 'braid chopping�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug. 02 (ANI): The rumours of a witch chopping off braids of girls while they are asleep, has led to the brutal lynching killing of an elderly woman in Agra.
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Extra martial sex: A popular choice among elderly people!
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 13, 2017 (ANI): Hard to believe isn't? But a new study has revealed that older people are cheating on their spouses much more than their younger counterparts.
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Elderly French woman raped in Varanasi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] June 29,(ANI) : An elderly French woman has been raped by her residence guard, said police on Thursday.
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Delhi Golf Club case: Time old institutions let their beliefs go, says Kha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 28 (ANI): Days after an elderly woman from Meghalaya, Tailin Lyngdoh, was allegedly asked to leave the Delhi Golf Club for wearing a traditional Khasi dress and told that she 'resembled a maid,' Vivekanand Lal Sondhi, husband of Dr. Nivedita Barthakur
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