"The toughest financial pressures for 50 years are colliding with our rising need for care as society gets older and we see more people with chronic illnesses like cancer, diabetes and dementia, " Mr Miliband said.

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They are frail, often suffer from multiple chronic diseases (such as heart failure, dementia, or diabetes), and are impoverished.

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Many have multiple chronic conditions, such as heart disease and dementia.

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The ageing population and growth in chronic conditions, things like heart disease and dementia, means the health service has found itself having to manage patients rather than cure them.

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They suffer from chronic diseases, such as heart or lung disease or dementia, and death is often not unexpected (by them or their physicians).

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The ageing population and advances in medicine mean more and more people are living with chronic long-term conditions, such as heart disease and dementia, for which there is no cure.

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However, unlike smoking, sedentary lifestyles lead to more than 40 medically recognised chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, mental illness, dementia, some cancers.

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By the end of their careers, NFL players may emerge with all sorts of injuries -- chronic pain, arthritis, joints needing replacement, depression, diabetes, heart problems and concussion-related dementia, among others -- so many they have become a cohort ripe for study.

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