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• Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people

  16-09-2018 21:27
  In a clinical trial to determine the effects of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living free of dementia or physical disability.
  
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• New study finds 4.5 million UK children living in poverty

  16-09-2018 20:00
  New measure by Social Metrics Commission aims to focus political attention on the issueWhat is the new UK poverty measure – and why is it needed?
  More than 14 million people, including 4.5 million children, are living below the breadline, with more than half trapped in poverty for years, according to a new measure aimed at providing the most sophisticated analysis yet of material disadvantage in the UK.The measure seeks to forge a fresh political consensus between left and right over how t
  
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• The Guardian view on the family courts: greater openness is needed | Editorial

  16-09-2018 18:52
  Rising numbers of care applications and legal aid cuts have put the system under strain. Privacy must be balanced against the public’s right to know what is going onThe crisis in the family justice system, brought about by record numbers of applications to take children into care, means that longstanding arguments about openness versus privacy in the family courts have taken on a new urgency. This summer the incoming president of the high court’s family division, Sir Andrew McFarlane
  
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• How Long Would You Expect Assistive Tech to Last?

  16-09-2018 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  How long would you expect a piece of technology to last? In Mandy de la Mare’s case, it’s decades. 
  The “tech” in question is her Closomat shower (wash & dry) toilet. Looking like, and capable of being used as a conventional WC, the Closomat has integrated automatic douching and drying. The user does not have to wipe clean (or be wiped clean).
   
  “I’ve had a Closomat for 42 years and am only on my second one!” she says. “I only replace
  
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• New Radicals 2018: more of Britain’s best social enterprises

  16-09-2018 09:00
  Projects chosen by the Observer and Nesta for making a real difference to society• Michael Sheen introduces the 2018 New Radicals winners Continue reading...
  
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• Mytime: ‘40% of carers have not had a break in over a year’

  16-09-2018 09:00
  A Liverpool-based initiative connecting unpaid carers and local businesses to give carers a free break• Michael Sheen introduces the 2018 New Radicals winners
  • Impact Hub: ‘You were raised to be embarrassed to be from Birmingham’
  There are 6.5 million carers in the UK and they save the economy £132bn a year. What is the best, most precious thing we could give them in return? “A break,” says Hazel Brown, head of carers’ services at the Liverpool char
  
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