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Old or senior citizen?

or elderly or old f..t?
I say old.
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rk

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Has anyone seen this?

Now ive seen it all…:)

http://www.alexchiu.com/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=cougar

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Spend your retirement in Italy

In a little village near the white sandy beaches of Tropea and Capo Vaticano
we rent a nice, fresh, relaxing and cheap holiday house.
TV, refrigerator,  barbecue, Ideal for an economic and refreshing holiday
that will give you the possibility to enjoy at the same time of the sea, the
country and the big artistic and naturalistic heritage here available.

Lamezia Terme Airport 50 km
Tropea railway station 6 km
Cruise boat to Stromboli and Eolie Islands.
Tel. 0039 963 68422
ICQ 65584429
www.caria.it
ico…@libero.it
Salvatore

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Crestor and liver damage

Apparently there is an issue with Crestor causing damage to the liver. The
side effects of Crestor use can even lead to death in some users. If you go
to https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/crestor there is more
information on this as well as what can be done about it. There is also a
free case evaluation provided for those who might have been affected by
this. I hope this may be of some help.

kr0

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Baxter Infusion Pump problem

Well it looks like there is another medical device issue. There seems to be
a problem with the Baxter infusion pumps shuting down delivery of
intravenous medication to patients unexpectedly. The FDA has even announced
a worldwide recall of the pumps. If you check out
https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/baxter_pump there is more
information including the models that have had issues. There is also a free
case evaluation provided for those who might have been affected by this. I
found this of interest and hope it may be of some help.

kr0

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ageing

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about ageing issues.

rk

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Share the wealth

My 90 y.o. friend wants to be heard on the subject of living to enjoy
those "golden years".
The first step to take is head massage by putting thumbs in ears and
massaging all areas that can be reached in a circular motion.  This
reduces tension, eliminates headaches, improves circulation, sharpend
senses.  In short, head massage makes one feel better and makes one want
to do things for a healthy lifestyle.  (For those who prefer a fancier
name, this has also been known as Indian head massage).
Feeling better, it’s easy to followup with gentle exercise, walking and
sensible diet.
Hope that there are many receptive "ears" out there!

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I think grandpas and grandmas should swim in shark-infested waters !!!

Yes, the more of you rotting corpses eaten by creatures, the more room for us.

So jump in the next shark – sea or into the next Piranha-river NOW !!!

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Capsaicin lozenge may prevent aspiration in elderly

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=902

"Capsaicin lozenge may prevent aspiration in elderly", Reuters UK, June
7, 2005,
Link:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YM5LK4K0PLBSCCR…

Letting a lozenge containing capsicin, an ingredient derived from red
peppers, dissolve in the mouth before meals improves the reflexes of
the upper respiratory system, which may help prevent aspiration and
pneumonia in the elderly, the results of a Japanese study suggest.

Aspiration of food and/or drink is a common cause of pneumonia in older
people, lead investigator Dr. Takae Ebihara and colleagues point out in
their study, published in Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
They theorize that capsaicin could increase concentrations of substance
P in the throat. Increased levels of substance P, which is associated
with the swallowing reflex, may prevent aspiration.

The research team, based at the Tohoku University School of Medicine in
Sendai, enrolled 64 nursing home patients, average age 82 years, in
their study. The subjects were randomly assigned to receive capsaicin
or a placebo lozenge for four weeks, to be dissolved in the mouth
before every meal.

Caregivers and study volunteers carefully observed the participants who
had dementia as they dissolved the lozenge in their mouth, the
researchers note.

The swallowing reflex was assessed by injecting a small amount of water
into the throat through a nasal catheter and measuring the time until
swallowing.

At the beginning of the study, the time to swallowing averaged 5.7
seconds in the capsicin group and 5.4 seconds in the placebo group. The
investigators note that a latency of 5 seconds puts a patient at high
risk for the development of pneumonia.

After four weeks, the time to swallowing was 3.5 seconds in the
capsaicin group and 5.7 seconds in the placebo group, a statistically
significant difference, Ebihara’s group found.

The results of this study may provide the basis for additional trials
of treatment with capsaicin lozenges in the elderly who have
significant impairments in their swallowing reflex, the investigators
conclude.

SOURCE: Journal of the American Geriatric Society, May 2005.

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