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Rehabilitation: The health strategy of the 21st century. [PDF]

, 2017
There is strong evidence that population ageing and the epidemiological transition to a higher incidence of chronic, non-communicable diseases will continue to profoundly impact societies worldwide, putting more pressure on healthcare systems to respond ...
Bickenbach, Jerome, Gutenbrunner, Christoph, Melvin, John L., Stucki, Gerold   +3 more
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Comparison of Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose Level Among Elderly with Non-communicable Disease [PDF]

, 2019
Due to increasing age, elderly are prone to non-communicable diseases (NCD), such as hypertension (HT) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Easy physical condition monitoring of people with HT and/or DM is by measuring their blood pressure (BP) and/or blood ...
Artsanthia, J. (Jintana), Sari, N. P. (Ni)   +1 more
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Promotion of access to essential medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases: Practical implications of the UN Political Declaration [PDF]

, 2013
Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government made several commitments related to ...
Abdraimova, Alleyne, Atun, Barrington, Bigdeli, Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, Caudron, Chaudhuri, Colombo, Di Cesare, Downing, Faith N Mwangi-Powell, Ford, Ford, Frenk, Frost, Gale, Gilks, Goroff, Hans V Hogerzeil, Hardon, Heath, Hogerzeil, Hogerzeil, Jonathan Liberman, Kanavos, Kishore, Laing, Liberman, Lim, Lonn, Lu, Luiz, Marquez, Maxmen, Mills, Moodie, Moon, Outterson, Panchagnula, Perehudoff, Quick, Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, Reddy, Roderick, Sakthi Selvaraj, Sandeep P Kishore, Sanne, Smith, Szabo, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Twagirumukiza, Twagirumukiza, Veronika J Wirtz, Wagner, Wald, Waning, Yusuf, ‘t Hoen   +60 more
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Effects of chronic diseases on health related quality of life is mediated by sleep difficulty in middle aged and older adults

Scientific Reports
Middle-aged and older adults with chronic diseases are more likely to encounter sleep difficulty and have a reduced Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), but there is little research on their possible mechanisms.
Yaoyao Wu, Zesheng Chen, Zongxue Cheng, Zhecong Yu, Kang Qin, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urbanization and non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: an ecological correlation study.

, 2013
This study provides strong evidence from an LMIC that urbanization is associated with mortality from three lifestyle-associated diseases at an ecological level.
Allender, Allender, Archavanitkul, Banwell, Bentham, Boutayeb, Cochrane, Cohen, Faramnuayphol, Flood, Harpham, Hernandez, Holt-Lunstad, Kosulwat, Leon, Lim, Maheswaran, Mathers, Odton, Pattaraarchachai, Petcharoen, Phillips, Porapakkham, Pritchard, Rao, Schorr, Sethapongkul, Sleigh, Smith, Srimahachota, Tangcharoensatien, Vapattanawong, Venketasubramanian, Viravaidya, Vlahov, World Health Organization, Yang, Yiengprungsawan, Yiengprungsawan, Young   +39 more
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Evidence and knowledge gaps on the disease burden in sexual and gender minorities : a review of systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2016
Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) include individuals with a wide range of sexual orientations, physical characteristics, and gender identities and expressions.
Blondeel, Karel, Chou, Doris, Khosla, Rajat, Say, Lale, Scolaro, Elisa, Temmerman, Marleen, Toskin, Igor   +6 more
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The burden of premature mortality in Poland analysed with the use of standard expected years of life lost [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Despite positive changes in the health of the population of Poland, compared to the EU average, the average life expectancy in 2011 was 5 years shorter for males and 2.2 years shorter for females.
Bryła, Marek, Bryła, Paweł, Maniecka-Bryła, Irena, Pikala, Małgorzata   +3 more
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Associations between serum lipid profiles and the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK Biobank

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Objective To investigate the relationship between serum lipid levels and the risk of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the UK Biobank. Methods We performed this prospective study in 381,938 adults without COPD from UK Biobank.
Mengxia Li, Bingqing Xu, Hao Yu, Yanan Wan, Zheng Zhu, Pengfei Luo, Jian Su, Jinyi Zhou, Xikang Fan   +8 more
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Improving access to effective care for people with chronic respiratory symptoms in low and middle income countries. [PDF]

, 2015
Chronic respiratory symptoms are amongst the most common complaints among low and middle-income country (LMICs) populations and they are expected to remain common over the 10 to 20 year horizon.
Cuevas, Luis, Mortimer, Kevin, Squire, Bertie, Thomson, Rachael, Tolhurst, Rachel   +4 more
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The association between chronic kidney disease and tuberculosis; a comparative cohort study in England

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background People with end-stage kidney disease have an increased risk of active tuberculosis (TB). Previous systematic reviews have demonstrated that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have increased risk of severe community-acquired infections.
Judith Ruzangi, Masao Iwagami, Liam Smeeth, Punam Mangtani, Dorothea Nitsch   +4 more
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