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Vietnam records its first COVID-19 death
Updated : 3 days, 2 hours ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], July 31 (ANI): Vietnam has reported its first coronavirus fatality after the death of an elderly man who had tested positive in Danang, Al Jazeera reported citing local media.
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COVID-19: GMR foundation organises awareness camps, distributes me
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 26 (ANI): For the benefit of the elderly underprivileged people in the adjoining villages of the Hyderabad International Airport, the Hyderabad unit of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) - the CSR wing of GMR Group, has been organising awareness camps on C
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Older adults who can distinctively smell roses, lemons may have lo
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
San Francisco [US], July 25 (ANI): According to recent research, elderly people who can smell the roses, turpentine, paint thinner, and lemons, may have a lower risk of dementia.
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Older adults who can distinctively smell roses may have lower risk
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
San Francisco [US], July 21 (ANI): Elderly people who can smell the roses, turpentine, paint thinner, and lemons, may have a lower risk of dementia, research suggests.
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Elderly couple killed in Odisha, bodies burnt over witchcraft susp
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], July 21 (ANI): A miscreant killed an elderly couple and set their house on fire over suspicion of 'practising sorcery' at Suri Sahi tribal village under Kalinga Nagar police station limits of Jajpur.
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ICMR set to start multi-centric study to evaluate efficacy of BCG
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the BCG vaccination in preventing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 in elderly individuals between 60 to 95 years of age living in COVID-19 hots
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Transgenders in Odisha to get benefit under Madhu Babu Pension Yoj
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Odisha Government has included transgender community under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana, which aims at providing financial assistance to destitute elderly, differently-abled persons and widows in the state.
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New research highlights increased loneliness in over-70s during CO
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], July 15 (ANI): A new report examines issues of loneliness and social isolation in older adults. The report offers fresh insight into the experiences of those over 70 who were advised to 'cocoon' as part of public health measures to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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Amid COVID-19, old age homes in Ahmedabad receive increased querie
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 14 (ANI): Retirement homes for the elderly in Ahmedabad say they have been witnessing a spike in the number of inquiries in the current COVID-19 pandemic situation. During the lockdown, a lot of people contacted old age homes in the city to inquire about vac
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Manipur: Joint team of NDRF, SDRF, Fire Services retrieve body of
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], July 13 (ANI): A joint team of personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and State Fire Services on Sunday retrieved the body of an elderly man who had drowned in Imphal river in Bhishnupur's Napat Village.
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Study suggests physical activity of older people needs tailored mo
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], July 12 (ANI): With ageing, the ability to move swiftly tends to deteriorate, a phenomenon which needs to be considered when assessing physical activity in older people. A study on active ageing examined movement that exceeds the intensity of preferred walking speed in ol
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Man who posed as cop, looted elderly arrested in Telangana
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Narayanakhed Police in Sangareddy district of Telangana on Saturday arrested a man who posed as a policeman and used to loot money from people, especially the elderly.
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