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The Last of Us: Could a fungal pandemic turn us all into zombies?
Long-term sickness leaving 1.6m UK adults over 50 unable to work
Let me introduce you to something truly horrifying - the fungus that turns its victims into zombies.
Its spores enter the body. The fungus then grows and begins to hijack the mind of its host until it loses control and is compelled to climb to higher ground.
The parasitic fungus devours its victim from the inside, extracting every last nutrient, as it prepares for its big finale. Then - in a scene more disturbing than the scariest horror film - a tendril of death erupts from the head. This fruiting body of the fungus showers spores on everything around it - dooming others to the same zombie fate.
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People’s sleep/wake cycles are inherently varied, and if you, too, are a late to bed, late to rise person, you’re simply a night owl – or, in clinical terms, you have a delayed sleep phase.
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More than 1.6 million adults aged 50 and over are unable to work because of long-term sickness amid ballooning NHS waiting lists and an exodus from the British workforce since the pandemic, according to the most detailed analysis yet of official data for this age group.
The number has increased 20%, or 270,000 in three years, according to an analysis of Office for National Statistics figures by Rest Less, a digital community and advocate for over fifties.
Read more on The Guardian key challenges: a world that expects ever more from its leading health body, but which has not yet proven willing to fund it to tackle those challenges.
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A new start after 60: I survived cancer –and learned to respect my amazing body
For decades Sylvie Boulay agonised about her weight, happy when it fell, miserable when it rose. After two brushes with death, she has finally found peace.
Read more on The Guardian rules introduced during the pandemic mean that some NHS staff unable to work due to long Covid may soon no longer receive full pay.
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