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Rethinking care for the sick elderly [PDF]
, 2003 It is well established that Geriatrics and Gerontology are specialties in their own right meriting separate tertiary and primary care training.1 Health Care for the elderly also forms a newly added subject to the field of biomedical ethics.2 Demographic ...
Mallia, Pierre, Fiorini, Anthony
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The Awareness of Elderly about Osteoporosis: What about Our Elderly? [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: Osteoporosis (OP) and bone fractures that can result in pain, functional impairment and death are important public health problems for the elderly.
Şule Şahin Onat +5 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito +7 more
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The organisation of formal long-term care for the elderly. Results from the 21 European country studies in the ANCIEN project. ENEPRI Research Report No. 95, November 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 This report investigates the organisation and provision of long-term care for the elderly population in 21 member states of the European Union, thus including both old as well as new member states.
Kraus, Markus, Riedel, Monika
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi +5 more
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Gender differences in health-related quality of life among the elderly in Taiwan [PDF]
, 2012 [[abstract]]"Purpose: This study examines the gender disparity in the elderly’s health-related quality of life in Taiwan. Method: Data came from the National Health Interview Survey, a series of nation-representative face-to-face interviews held in ...
Hsu), 徐慧娟(Hui-Chuan
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Mens Sana Monographs, 2015 This paper highlights the mental health needs of the elderly. It tackles the issues of their institutionalisation and community care. Rapid urbanisation in Indian society throws up special problems in elderly care. There is great evidence of a raise in morbidity, mortality, hospitalisation and loss of functional status related to common mental ...
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai +9 more
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ELDERLY HEALTH AND ITS CORRELATIONS AMONG UZBEK POPULATION [PDF]
, 2012 2012-02This study was conducted from November, 2007 to May, 2008 to evaluate the health status of the elderly and correlated factors affecting their health. We collected data from 682 individuals 65 years or older (214 male) from greater Tashkent City in
HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD. +3 more
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2019 Objectives: To describe how principles of self-regulation and social support could be integrated in a group intervention to improve self-management of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the early phase of illness and to pilot its suitability in a ...
Anne L van Puffelen +4 more
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