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South Jersey's ultracold vault keeps blood cells, brain tissue, and DNA ready for medical research

Keith and Jenny DiMarino were expecting their third child 11 years ago when they got e-mails that promoted the preservation of stem cells from their baby's umbilical cord.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

There’s a nursing crisis in the NHS — here is what I would do about it

Britain is facing an era of strikes not seen for a generation. There are walkouts every day until Christmas and during it. Most worryingly, The Royal College of Nursing strikes begin on December 15 at half of all NHS Trusts. The Royal College of Midwives opened a ballot last month,…

Evening Standard

Assisted living facilities pressed to address growing needs of older, sicker residents

Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel of experts.

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France begins citizens' debate on end-of-life care

A panel of 150 members of the public are meeting Friday to begin discussing whether or not to adopt legislation that would legalise assisted dying, in line with President Emmanuel Macron’s wish to “serenely” debate this deeply divisive issue.

Radio France Internationale

Woman who remortgaged home to open dementia day centre plans second site

Rosie was a teenage carer for her nan and left school with no GCSEs

Liverpool Echo

Almost everyone is becoming about a year younger in South Korea

South Korean lawmakers approved a measure that would revise the way the country tallies a person’s age, ending a system that counted newborns as a year old and meaning that most of its citizens are about to get younger.

Tribune News Service

Secrecy to come off criminal age report

A report on raising the age of criminal responsibility will be released after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus met his state and territory colleagues.

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Koreans about to become one year younger

SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers have approved a measure that would revise the way the country tallies a person’s age, ending a system that counted newborns as a year old and meaning that most of its citizens are about to get younger.

Bangkok Post

Pacific War veterans' average age tops 100

The average age of former soldiers who served in World War II and receive a military pension has surpassed 100, according to a survey by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Woman, 39, worries that she is 'too old' to have a baby and fears she is 'being selfish'

The wannabe mother says she is trying for a baby but wonders if she is being 'selfish'.

Daily Record

‘The fear of a bad death’: France to begin citizens' debate on end-of-life care

A French citizens' council of 150 members of the public will meet Friday to begin discussions on end-of-life care, including whether assisted suicide should be legalised. As French laws have evolved over the last two decades, calls have increased to allow medically assisted deaths for terminally ill patients.

France 24

Couple both aged 100 and married for 79 years die just hours apart

'They went out together. I feel sad, but I shouldn’t. Who can expect to live a life like that?'

Irish Mirror

Hundred-year-old couple who were married for 79 years 'went out together' after dying hours apart

June and Hubert Malicote, both 100, had been married for nearly eight decades after June fell seriously ill and Hubert died of a "broken heart" hours before her death.

Daily Record

Most effective treatment for Strep A and how often you should wash your hands

Chief Medical Officer Breda Smyth gives advice to parents concerned about Strep A, while the HSE investigates whether a child’s death was linked to the infection

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Big-hearted Ayrshire businessman launches 'Heat and Feed' scheme for OAPs

A team of dedicated volunteers will even deliver meals on bad weather days.

Daily Mirror

Couple, both 100, who were married for nearly 80 years die just hours apart

June and Hubert Malicote, from Ohio, US, were married for nearly eight decades and had three children together including seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren

Daily Record

Older people urged not to unplug personal alarm units to save money on energy bills this winter

It costs just £4.54 a year to keep a potential life-saving alarm unit plugged in.

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Ambulance strikes are the most alarming of all

If an elderly person falls in their home and breaks their hip, but no ambulance is available to drive them to the hospital, do you have a functioning healthcare system? It is less a philosophical question and more a practical one, as ambulance waiting times soar.

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Daily Mirror

Woman thrilled to become glam gran at age 37 and gets mistaken for baby's mum

Glitzy gran Elizabeth Elliott said becoming a grandma in her 30s is "the best thing to ever happen" to her and told how her 19-year-old daughter has taken to motherhood

The Independent UK

Strep A: Four-year-old Camilla Rose Burns off ventilator but still fighting infection

Camila Rose Burns, four, remains intensive care while her organs recover

Evening Standard

Will Self: There is a surprising joy hidden within London’s glorious, historic churches

I have a confession to make: while not being a Catholic — or even a practicing Anglican — I’m a regular attendee at evensong church services. In this, I’m my late mother’s son: she was an agnostic like me, but always used to say she found great solace and aesthetic…

The Independent UK

Religious leaders in UK throw support behind our cost of living campaign

On the Breadline: Chief rabbi calls on people to ‘dig deep’ to support our campaign

Daily Mirror

Retired NHS consultant died from neglect on understaffed hospital ward, inquest finds

Dr David Gordon-Nesbitt, 84, suffocated when a drainage tube was left closed following an operation to remove bowel construction at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Kent

The Guardian - UK

Ambulances may not get to all emergency calls during strikes, says Barclay

Health secretary says it is not yet certain if staff in England and Wales will respond to calls from people who have had heart attacks

The Independent UK

What ambulance strike means for calls, response times and staffing

Ambulance strikes could “make response times incredibly stretched”, NHS Providers chief Saffron Cordery said

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