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The papers can so easily get it wrong

11th September 2023 By GerryBurke

What the papers said in the week ending 9 September 2023

After months of hype in the gullible lay press, we have a sober, well-informed, well-balanced editorial in the BMJ which makes clear that claims for the potential of new anti-dementia medication are not well-founded: New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease | The BMJ

Indeed, these are toxic compounds with arguable, if any, benefits

Further, the Journal points to the importance of potentially reversible factors in the genesis of ill-health and early death: Death risk varies with social deprivation, employment, and ethnicity, data show | The BMJ

These are factors which require conjoined and responsible action by communities. They cannot be transcribed into financial profits for companies or individuals

Elsewhere progress in science and healthcare continues: ‘Complete’ models of human embryos created from stem cells in lab | Stem cells | The Guardian

  • Depression can play direct role in developing type 2 diabetes, says study | Diabetes | The Guardian
  • Excess winter deaths caused by cold homes in Great Britain ‘up by about a half’ | Energy bills | The Guardian

UK MPs press for wider Covid vaccine access amid concern over new variant | Coronavirus | The Guardian

The potential of robot pets is put into perspective: do they devalue the worth of care and those cared for?  Robot pets are a symptom of a crisis in care | Social care | The Guardian

And some illnesses are becoming more common: Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds | Cancer | The Guardian

The environment:

The hazards of extremes are ever evident: UK weather: heat health warning upgraded as heatwave forecast | UK weather | The Guardian

  • ‘Smashed’: summer of 2023 the hottest ever recorded | Extreme weather | The Guardian
  • Deadly humid heatwaves to spread rapidly as climate warms – study | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Conditions:

Poor people are finding life more difficult: Poor people ‘surviving not living’ as UK social contract collapses, says report | Poverty | The Guardian

Lack of investment in maintenance leaves us in danger and in debt: Crumbling concrete is a metaphor for Tory rule | Schools | The Guardian

  • More than one in five Britons have cut pension payments in living cost crisis | Pensions | The Guardian

Councils cannot cope: The Observer view on Birmingham council: it won’t be the last to fail until local government funding is overhauled | Observer editorial | The Guardian

  • The fall of Woking: what happens after a council goes bust | Local government | The Guardian

Prisons are not safe: Overcrowded, cramped and insecure: state of UK’s jails made conditions ripe for Khalife’s escape | UK news | The Guardian

Sustaining a decent life for older people is costly: Triple lock could add £45bn a year to state pensions bill by 2050, IFS says | State pensions | The Guardian

Letters will cost more: First-class UK stamp to rise by 15p in October to £1.25 | Royal Mail | The Guardian

  • And we may be losing the Saturday post: Let Royal Mail drop letters on Saturdays. Also make it hit weekday targets | Nils Pratley | The Guardian

Sadness extends to other parts of Europe: Almost 1m people across Europe are homeless on any given night | Homelessness | The Guardian

Caring for other creatures:

Buildings can be made friendly: Lords to debate mandating swift bricks in new homes in England | Birds | The Guardian

Messy gardens are recommended: The Guardian view on insects: gardeners can help reverse their alarming decline | Editorial | The Guardian

Other matters:

History is still there to be discovered: Archaeologists uncover complete Neolithic cursus on the Isle of Arran | Archaeology | The Guardian

Gnomes may have stories to tell: Mystery toy gnomes may be burglary ploy, Welsh police warn | Wales | The Guardian

A cathedral may take time to repair! Salisbury Cathedral prepares for final ‘topping out’ after 37 years of repairs | Heritage | The Guardian

Old Rockers can have original thoughts: ‘We were lazy!’ The Rolling Stones unveil new original album Hackney Diamonds after 18-year wait | The Rolling Stones | The Guardian

Sex is a life-time phenomenon: Study provides new insights into British people’s sex lives as they age | Sexual health | The Guardian

We grieve Queen Elizabeth and give thanks for King Charles: What a year of King Charles has shown us about how he wants to reign | King Charles III | The Guardian

We are humbled to remember Arthur Wharton, son of Methodist Missionaries: Rotherham honours Arthur Wharton, England’s first black professional footballer | Rotherham | The Guardian

 

David Jolley, Chair, Christians on Ageing, in a personal capacity

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There are some things which just have to be said.  We have to speak out because at the heart of the Christian message is our belief that God is not silent.  God has spoken through creation itself and the evolving universe; through the human story; through the dwelling of Jesus Christ in time; through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Church and in each believer; through the inspiration of the scriptures; and through the wisdom and the teaching of the Church through the ages.

We use words all the time.  Words of welcome.  Words of wisdom.  Words of warmth.  Words of warning.  Words of wistfulness.  Our words are wasted if words are just words.   In the beginning was the Word.  And the Word was with God.  And the Word was God.  Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him.   The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Word made things happen.

As Christians, as followers of the Word, we do something about what we have heard.  Our own best words are our actions.

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