Tag: work
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Italian medieval village orders elderly to defy death
The Grim Reaper has got his work cut out in Sellia in southern Italy, thanks to a decree ordering the village's elderly and dwindling population to stay in good shape. “Human life is naturally valuable, but here it has a social value as well because every person who dies takes us a step closer to…
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Delayed deaths declining among pediatric cancer survivors
By Gene Emery It's long been known that cancer survivors — people alive five years after diagnosis — face a higher risk of premature death, and doctors have made efforts over the decades to reduce those deaths. A new study of childhood cancer cases suggests that the effort has been successful, at least to some…