Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners
With rising gas prices and breakdown of electricity supplies, upto 90,000 senior citizens could die due to severe cold, charity organizations have warned.//As the Meteorological Office has issued its second severe weather warning, parliament debated the rising price of gas - essential to warm homes - while some experts feared a breakdown in electricity supplies during the winter. Cha...NHS Dentistry Faces Pensioners’ Delug
The NHS Dentistry faces further problems as it has emerged that more and more senior citizens are able to retain their own teeth and do not need the support of dentures, according// to a study by the British Society of Gerodontology. The study says that as older people retain their own teeth, dentists have to do more restorative work like crowns, fillings and periodontal procedures like...Pensioners In Scotland Being Denied Free Care
Around 200 elderly people in the Argyll and Bute Council area are not receiving personal care, which is their legal right, it has emerged//. Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said that the council's attitude was appalling and asked for social workers to investigate. Argyll and Bute Council said it had 'nothing to fear'. Douglas Hendry, director of community services agreed that there were abo...Folic Acid Supplementation in Bread: Boon to Neonates and Curse to Pensioners
Bread loaves would be fortified with certain vitamins, in order to reach out to the needful masses. This week, Government-commissioned report expected// supplementation of folic acid to be made a compulsion in bread would prevent neural tube effects like spina bifida. But this step could prove to be harmful towards older people as folic acid could mask the vitamin B12 deficiency, thus...