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Health expert says many seniors being misdiagnosed


There’s a disease spreading rapidly among the world’s elderly, but advocates for the aging say it’s a condition that is easily avoided.

As reported by The Telegraph, a former advisor to the British government on elderly affairs, Professor David Oliver, said many seniors have minor age-related ailments that are treatable, but many doctors and medical professionals are often misdiagnosing small issues as the ‘acopia’ disease, which means ‘failure to cope.’