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The little-known disease putting older Australians at big risk

Elderly people walk in the street, in Brisbane, Saturday, May 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Elderly people walk in the street in Brisbane. (AAP) Source: AAP

More than a million older Australians could be at high risk of falls, disability and even death from a little-known muscle-wasting disease. Now sarcopenia has been recognised with a national day, in what researchers hope is another move closer to acknowledging its debilitating impact


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By Andrea Niehoff, Svetlana Elgina

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More than a million older Australians could be at high risk of falls, disability and even death from a little-known muscle-wasting disease. Now sarcopenia has been recognised with a national day, in what researchers hope is another move closer to acknowledging its debilitating impact


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