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HemaSphere, 2018 AbstractAnemia affects a substantial fraction of the elderly population, representing a public health problem that is predicted to further increase in coming years because of the demographic drive. Being typically mild, it is falsely perceived as a minor problem, particularly in the elderly with multimorbidity, so that it often remains unrecognized and
Girelli, Domenico +2 more
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Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 2013 The population in developed countries is aging and the proportion of higher age categories in the age structure is increasing. In the Czech Republic inhabitants aged over 70 years represented 7% of population in the year 1970, 10% in the year 2009 and the expectation for the year 2030 is 25%.
Ladislav Dušek, Jiří Petera
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Housing the Aging Baby Boomers: Implications for Local Policy [PDF]
, 2008 Most elderly want to age in place. Yet, most elderly live in suburban and rural communities ill-suited to meet the changing aging-related demands. This paper discusses various issues communities need to address when balancing the demands of aging baby ...
Geoffrey K. Turnbull, John W. Matthews
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The role of public transport in addressing sustainable mobility for the elderly population in Malta [PDF]
, 2013 Over the past few years, several countries have continued experiencing a growth in their elderly population. Similarly, a number of towns and villages in Malta registered a high elderly population in the last census (NSO, 2012).
Attard, Maria, Mifsud, Deborah
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Geriatric oncology: problems with under-treatment within this population [PDF]
, 2015 We are currently faced with an aging population, which is rapidly growing worldwide. Two thirds of cancer occurs in the over 65-year age group. Societal conceptions from the past have created ageist stereotypes; old age is associated with frailty and the
Swaminathan, Divya, Swaminathan, Vikram
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BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Our aim was to design a study to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adding physiotherapy to conventional treatment for children with functional constipation in primary care.
Jojanneke J. G. T. van Summeren +8 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background The integration of palliative care into primary health care has been advocated to improve its accessibility and the continuity of care. Recent studies on such an approach have mainly focused on health care cost and utilization. This study aims
Helen Yue-lai Chan +3 more
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Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people.
New England Journal of Medicine, 1994 BACKGROUND Although disuse of skeletal muscle and undernutrition are often cited as potentially reversible causes of frailty in elderly people, the efficacy of interventions targeted specifically at these deficits has not been carefully studied ...
M. A. Fiatarone +9 more
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2003 The older population has seen the greatest increase in the prevalence of current asthma in recent years. Asthma may begin at any age and when it occurs at an advanced as opposed to a young age, it is often nonatopic, severe, and unremitting. Unfortunately, geriatric-specific guidelines are not available for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma ...
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Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer from the registHER observational study. [PDF]
, 2012 Limited data exist regarding treatment patterns and outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). registHER is an observational study of patients (N = 1,001) with HER2-positive MBC diagnosed within 6 months of enrollment
Brufsky, Adam M +9 more
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