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Older northerners struggle with 鈥渁larming鈥 inequalities compared to people from the South

Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.
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HELSI publications from May 2025

Members of the Healthy Lifespan Institute publish original research on a regular basis.
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HELSI publications from April 2025

Members of the Healthy Lifespan Institute publish original research on a regular basis.
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Dual Grant Success to Advance Breakthrough Osteoarthritis Research

We are proud to announce that two prestigious research grants from Versus Arthritis to drive forward innovative solutions for osteoarthritis (OA), has been secured by Heba Ismail, Principal Investigator and Versus Arthritis Fellow.
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Mind the gap! Tackling health-related early exit from work

Professor Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology, and Dr Daniel Holman, Research Fellow in the Department of Sociological Studies, discuss what needs to be done to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce early exit from work.