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Do you want to be 1,000 years old?
Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured
By Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland | Reuters – Mon, Jul 4, 2011
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An elderly couple sit on a bench next crocus flowers in a park in Duesseldorf- Mon, Jul 4, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.
A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to “cure” aging — banishing diseases that come with it and extending life indefinitely.
Respite care support cut for families in parts of Wales
Respite care support cut for families in parts of Wales
Carers need respite more than anything else! What an awful thing to do to them.
By Hywel Griffith BBC Wales health correspondent
Cornwall’s Care Services Praised By 98% of Parents and Carers
This deserves to be shouted about and let’s hope that more will follow.
Cornwall’s Care Services Praised By 98% of Parents and Carers
Source: Cornwall Council
Published Monday, 4 July, 2011 – 14:11
1,278 parents and carers from 39 children’s centres took part in this year’s family satisfaction survey which was carried out by Cornwall Neighbourhood for Change (CN4C) during March and May.
98% of respondents, who included parents, grandparents, step parents, aunts and uncles, said they were either satisfied or very satisfied with their children’s centre, an increase of 1% on the results of the 2010 survey.
