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Comparing Self-Compassion and Life Expectancy in Women with and without Breast Cancer

International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture, 2023
Background: Breast cancer is among the most prevalent forms of cancer in women. Today, it is known that variables such as self-compassion and life expectancy can improve and reduce the negative effects of this cancer.
Basem Idris Thanoun, Sura Hasan Al-Zubaidi, Mohammed Kadhim Obaid, Hani Mueen Zwain, Heba Takleef Al Salami, Mahmood Jamal Abdulhasan   +5 more
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Measuring inequalities in health: the case for healthy life expectancy [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2006
Objective: To evaluate healthy life expectancy (HLE) as a measure of health inequalities by comparing geographical and area-based deprivation-related inequalities in healthy and total life expectancy (TLE). Design: Life table analysis based on ecological cross-sectional data.
Wood, Rachael, Sutton, Matt; id_orcid 0000-0002-6635-2127, Clark, David, McKeon, Amy, Bain, Marion   +4 more
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50 is the new 30: Long-run trends of schooling and retirement explained by human aging [PDF]

, 2013
Workers in the US and other developed countries retire no later than a century ago and spend a significantly longer part of their life in school, implying that they stay less years in the work force.
Strulik, Holger, Werner, Katharina
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Achieving National Health Objectives: The Impact on Life Expectancy and on Healthy Life Expectancy

American Journal of Public Health, 2004
Our study quantifies the impact of achieving specific Healthy People 2010 targets and of eliminating racial/ethnic health disparities on summary measures of health. We used life table methods to calculate gains in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy that would result from achievement of Healthy People 2010 objectives or of current mortality ...
Elsie R, Pamuk, Diane K, Wagener, Michael T, Molla   +2 more
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Association between the number of remaining teeth and disability-free life expectancy, and the impact of oral self-care in older Japanese adults: a prospective cohort study

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Tooth loss has been reportedly associated with shorter disability-free life expectancy (DFLE). However, no study has explored whether oral self-care offsets reduction in DFLE. The present study aimed to assess the association between oral self-
Maya Yamato, Sanae Matsuyama, Yoshitaka Murakami, Jun Aida, Yukai Lu, Yumi Sugawara, Ichiro Tsuji   +6 more
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Estimating health-adjusted life expectancy conditional on risk factors: results for smoking and obesity [PDF]

, 2006
Background Smoking and obesity are risk factors causing a large burden of disease. To help formulate and prioritize among smoking and obesity prevention activities, estimations of health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) for cohorts that differ solely in ...
Pieter HM van Baal, Rudolf T Hoogenveen, Ardine G de Wit, Hendriek C Boshuizen, M Ezzati, EM Gruenberg, R Doll, A Peeters, CJ Murray, JM Melse, CD Mathers, CJ Murray, JF Fries, WJ Nusselder, RT Hoogenveen, JD Lambert, ML van Genugten, TL Feenstra, JN Struijs, TL Feenstra, MEA Stouthard, CD Mathers, CD Mathers, CJ Murray, PH van Baal, R Brookmeyer, JJ Barendregt, JJ Barendregt, RT Hoogenveen, RT Hoogenveen, S Wannamethee, GA Colditz, AS Robbins, A Tverdal, M Slattery, A Viswanathan, B Zhang, M Zeegers, AM Malarcher, EE Calle, FB Hu, AE Field, JB McPhillips, VJ Carey, I Njolstad, SA Kaye, JM Chan, CL Hart, I Njolstad, JT Rehm, A Bergstrom, NH Fiebach, MRFIT Research Group, PWF Wilson, Y Gerber, H Kesteloot, EW Gregg, CS Fox, C Mathers, CD Mathers, JJ Barendregt, PH Zahl, M Zamboni, KM Flegal, KF Adams, JJ Barendregt, L Bonneux   +66 more
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Network analysis reveals causal relationships among individual background risk factors leading to influenza susceptibility

Scientific Reports
Influenza is a serious infectious disease that spreads rapidly and causes numerous deaths worldwide. Although the biological and environmental risk factors for influenza susceptibility have been extensively studied, individual risk factors, such as ...
Akihide Terada, Kenji Fujimoto, Kazuyoshi Kise, Kenta Fujiwara, Eiichiro Uchino, Yutaka Mizuma, Yoshinori Nishioku, Kenzo Takahashi, Ken Itoh, Tatsuya Mikami, Koichi Murashita, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Yukihiro Fujita, Yasushi Okuno, Yoshinori Tamada   +14 more
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Challenges for reducing inequities in health and healthcare for the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2004
Human life expectancy during the time of the Roman Empire was approximately 28 years. In 1990, global life expectancy had increased to 65 years. The advances in life expectancy in the 20th century were remarkable by any standard.
De Vogli, R, Galal, O
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Healthy Life Expectancy in Europe

, 2023
The Eurostat calculates the health expectation in Europe. The data are collected through interviews. The indicator also considers the possibility of living a life in health without disabilities. The indicator is also known as life expectancy without disabilities in Europe.
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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