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Cholesterol and coronary heart disease: screening and treatment [PDF]

, 1998
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom, accounting for just under one quarter of all deaths in 1995: 27% among men and 21% among women.1 Although many CHD deaths occur among elderly people, CHD ...
Ebrahim, S., Lampe, F., McCabe, C., Payne, N., Pickin, M., Sampson, F., Sheldon, T.A., Smith, G.D., Wannamthee, G., Ward, S.   +9 more
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Pain is a major component of quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and the possibilities of its relief

Современная ревматология, 2013
The paper gives the results of an investigation of quality of life (QL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. It shows the implication of chronic pain syndrome in lowering QL and considers the issues of combination therapy with nimesulide (nise) and ...
Oksana Anatolyevna Pirogova, Т А Raskina, М V Letaeva   +2 more
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Randomised controlled pilot study to assess the feasibility of a Mediterranean Portfolio dietary intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction in HIV dyslipidaemia:A study protocol [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: HIV drug treatment has greatly improved life expectancy, but increased risk of cardiovascular disease remains, potentially due to the additional burdens of infection, inflammation and antiretroviral treatment.
Frost, Gary, Garcia-Perez, Isabel, Hemming, Karla, Redwood, Sabi, Stradling, Clare, Taheri, Shahrad, Thomas, G. Neil   +6 more
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Diagnostic and the surgical treatment tactics in the rectal mucosa prolapse with the anal sphincter insufficiency

Клінічна хірургія, 2021
Objective. To improve the results of diagnosis and surgical treatment of rectal mucosa prolapse, complicated by the anal sphincter insufficiency. Materials and methods.
S. S. Imanova
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Sarcopenia from mechanism to diagnosis and treatment in liver disease [PDF]

, 2016
Sarcopenia or loss of skeletal muscle mass is the major component of malnutrition and is a frequent complication in cirrhosis that adversely affects clinical outcomes.
Dasarathy, Srinivasan, MERLI, Manuela
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Assessment of the quality of life of lower-limb amputees with orthosis

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2015
ObjectiveThe aim of this work is to analyze the becoming and the quality of life (QOL) of implanted patients following a major lower extremity amputation.Material and methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study including 17 patients fitted after major lower extremity amputation.
Rekik, M., Haj Salah, A., Sghir, M., Ksibi, I., Said, W., Kessomtini, W.   +5 more
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Serially mediated effects of psychological inflexibility on quality of life of refugees in Uganda during coronavirus pandemic.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
The unexpected outbreak and rapid spread of COVID-19 necessitated radical and stringent control measures, consequently changing how people live globally.
Martin Mabunda Baluku, Stewart Ssebagala, Hilary Mugabo Mukula, Khamisi Musanje   +3 more
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Simplifying “target” intraocular pressure for different stages of primary open-angle glaucoma and primary angle-closure glaucoma

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018
Lowering of intraocular pressure is currently the only therapeutic measure for Glaucoma management. Many longterm, randomized trials have shown the efficacy of lowering IOP, either by a percentage of baseline, or to a specified level.
Ramanjit Sihota, Dewang Angmo, Deepa Ramaswamy, Tanuj Dada   +3 more
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COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTION OF POPULATION PARAMETERS OF THE LIFE QUALITY OF INHABITANTS OF DAKHADAEV DISTRICT, REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2015
The study presents the population indices of the life quality of inhabitants of Dakhadaev district, Republic of Dagestan. The study was conducted using a questionnaire SF-36.
Patimat Asadullamagomedowna Bekshokova, Patimat Iman-Vazalievna Gabibova, D. I. Kadieva   +2 more
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Ion-Complex Microcrystal Formulation Provides Sustained Delivery of a Multimodal Kinase Inhibitor from the Subconjunctival Space for Protection of Retinal Ganglion Cells

Pharmaceutics, 2021
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is one of the major risk factors for glaucoma onset and progression, and available pharmaceutical interventions are exclusively targeted at IOP ...
Henry T. Hsueh, Yoo-Chun Kim, Ian Pitha, Matthew D. Shin, Cynthia A. Berlinicke, Renee Ti Chou, Elizabeth Kimball, Julie Schaub, Sarah Quillen, Kirby T. Leo, Hyounkoo Han, Amy Xiao, Youngwook Kim, Matthew Appell, Usha Rai, HyeYoung Kwon, Patricia Kolodziejski, Laolu Ogunnaike, Nicole M. Anders, Avelina Hemingway, Joan L. Jefferys, Abhijit A. Date, Charles Eberhart, Thomas V. Johnson, Harry A. Quigley, Donald J. Zack, Justin Hanes, Laura M. Ensign   +27 more
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