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Brian Fallow: Making pensioners poorer isn't a Super idea
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Men, listen up: Secret to long life revealed (at a cost)
Legendary Kiwi lends weight to new research on the science of male ageing.
Treasury warning to Govt: Trillions of dollars in 'unsustainable' debt cycle
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New website claims to accurately predict dementia risk
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Who's the snowflake? Research shows boomers more sensitive than millennials
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Suzanne Paul's glow: Getting married for a third time and lessons I've learned at 64
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'Absolute limit': How humans could live to be 150
Scientists set maximum lifespan after finding 'resilience' of body eventually wears down.
Retirement village contracts, complaints system must improve: minister
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Opinion: The exposures facing healthcare sector growth
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Woman mistaken as 76yo boyfriend's carer
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Woman dies from sepsis following poor care by rest home
Rest home's incompetence meant the woman suffered in her final days.
Covid-19: NZ's vaccine rollout a shambles - rest home boss
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The Brains Trust episode 5: Bob Scott's extreme paranoia was 'classic dementia'.
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Good food, good luck and no cigarettes: Helen Clark's father George, on turning 99
George Clark says one of his highlights is having four "wonderful" daughters.
'Love yourself, one day that may be all you have': Life lessons from a 100-year-old North Korean in Auckland
'Get a meaningful hobby, have pets and read plenty of books.'
'We thought he was scanning the codes': Grandad's phone full of QR code photos
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Betty White marking 99th birthday, staying up as late as she wants
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The secret to living to well into your 90s (or older)
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Local Focus: Age Concern volunteers rewarded by local travel operator
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Heartbreak as 89yo mum with dementia forced to have family visits behind fence
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Kiwi health tech firm poised to leap-frog competitors
Coveted European certification will help elbow past rivals in $200b global market.
Cataracts so bad driving isn't possible - but public system says 'No'
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