Saturday, 30 May 2026

The Dangers of Hospital Admission 1

A few years ago I visited an old friend who had been admitted to hospital for treatment of an infection…

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Saturday, 23 May 2026

Healthy Life Expectancy

A Recent Survey from the Office of |National Statistics (ONS) There has recently been a rash of news articles about…

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Saturday, 7 Feb 2026

Prevention of frailty

As I keep repeating, frailty is not inevitable – it can be prevented – and prevention works much better than…

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Saturday, 24 Jan 2026

Some implications of frailty

Frailty – a modern curse Frailty is usually though of as a normal part of getting older – something that…

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Monday, 12 Jan 2026

The Recurrent Winter ‘Flu Problem

Winter ‘flu again In my blog four weeks ago I indicated my concern about the usual winter blues brought on…

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Sunday, 16 Nov 2025

Prehabilitation and cancer

What is Prehabilitation? Prehabilitation, or “prehab,” is a programme of support and preparation for treatment for patients about to undergo…

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Sunday, 19 Oct 2025

Frailty, the follow on

In my last blog I included four exercise programmes which had been published in the position statement of the Italian…

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Saturday, 4 Oct 2025

Frailty yet again

I regularly scan the medical literature for articles about all sorts of conditions which relate to physical activity or lack…

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Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

Frailty again – and again!

I have long believed that the enormous and growing problem of frailty in later life is the chief source of…

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Saturday, 6 Sep 2025

Frailty again

The outcome of all I have been discussing over the past few blogs is the frailty of old age –…

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