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different place when I’m dancing. And it keeps you young!” Andi I’m in a different place when I’m dancing. And it keeps you young! Taking the lead Bringing people together to celebrate
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heart disease. If left untreated it can increase your risk of heart disease, kidney disease and dementia. You can find out more about complications on the NHS website If you suffer from hypertension, you're
isn’t always the case: with flu, we see very young and very old people at higher risk alike, and during the last really big flu epidemic, in 1918, it was young adults who were at the greatest risk. However
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born a year later. But Agatha’s husband moved back to Nigeria when the children were still young, so Agatha was a single parent for many years. Steve says that Agatha was a strict mother and a stickler ... the rules. But he is full of admiration for how she brought him and Melissa up. “When I was young, I didn’t realise a lot of the things she was doing,” explains Steve, who lives close
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to give consent, e.g. they are confused or unclear about what is happening. If your partner has dementia, or another health condition that affects their decision-making, you might feel unsure about being ... to consent to sex, no one can consent to sex on their behalf. For more detailed information about dementia and consent, see the Alzheimer’s Society’s website Abuse is often perpetrated by those