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Seniors more likely to miss doctors’ appointments in extreme heat or cold, study finds

Seniors more likely to miss doctors’ appointments in extreme heat or cold, study finds

Seniors are more likely to skip their scheduled medical visits if it’s too hot or too cold, according to a new study. Researchers and doctors discuss what needs to change.
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Climate change and an aging population

New book explores how climate change impacts the elderly in unique ways — and how we can preserve their well-being and include them in solutions.

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Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears

As heat waves fueled by climate change arrive earlier, grow more intense and last longer, people over 60 who are more vulnerable to high temperatures are increasingly at risk of dying from heat-related causes.

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‘We have money and power’: Older Americans to blockade banks in climate protest

Climate activists across the US will on Tuesday blockade branches of banks that finance fossil fuels, cutting up their credit cards in protest and holding rallies featuring everything from flash mobs to papier-mache orca whales.

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America's coastal cities are a hidden time bomb

Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.
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5 ways N.J. says climate change will affect our health

Children, seniors, people with chronic health problems and low-income communities are most at risk, officials said.
Even low levels of soot can be deadly to older people, research finds

Even low levels of soot can be deadly to older people, research finds

The four-year air pollution study, which followed 68.5 million older Americans, was the first of its kind.
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