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An unwell patient with Parkinson's disease: Hyperpyrexia syndrome in a heatwave
JRSM Open, 2022 Summary Hyperpyrexia syndrome in Parkinson's disease (PD) is a medical emergency requiring prompt action. This can be precipitated by numerous provoking factors, in particular withdrawal of dopaminergic medication.
Elizabeth Mooney +2 more
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Smart Cities, 2023 There is an increasing number of older adults being encouraged to come back to the workforce in search of better financial security in their later years.
Chonticha Asavanirandorn +3 more
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Journal of Patient Experience, 2023 Older people living with frailty emphasize autonomy and function as acute healthcare outcome goals. Existing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) measure function but do not comprehensively address autonomy.
James D. van Oppen MRes +7 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeTo investigate the association between myopia and risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a prospective cohort from the UK Biobank Study.MethodsVolunteers (aged 40 years and above) free of baseline MetS and cataract included from the UK Biobank Study,
Yanxian Chen +9 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 IntroductionNocturnal leg cramps (NLCs) are sudden contractions of the leg muscles, usually in the posterior calf muscles at night, affecting sleep quality.
Ying Li +5 more
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Can Low Intensity Strength Training Alone for Older Females Improve Cardiovascular and Functional Fitness? [PDF]
The Asian Journal of Kinesiology, 2023 BACKGROUND Maintaining muscle mass and an efficient cardiovascular system is vital for healthy aging. OBJECTIVES This study investigates if a low intensity senior strength exercise program for the older females can have an effect cardiovascular function ...
Yunsik Kim, David Michael O’Sullivan
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Hepatocellular cancer and colorectal liver metastasis treatment in the older population
Nowotwory, 2022 More than 60% of patients with primary and secondary liver tumors are older than 65 years. Thanks to improvements in radiological staging, anesthesia, surgical technique, and perioperative care it is possible to offer complex liver surgery to older ...
Jakub Kenig
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The older population and the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Croatia [PDF]
Stanovništvo, 2021 The probability of older people contracting COVID-19 is high, and the disease in this population is in a significant percentage of cases accompanied by severe symptoms that can be fatal.
Sanja Klempić Bogadi
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Introduction: Health care interventions for middle-old and oldest-old individuals (75 years or older) are often economically evaluated using the EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5D) to measure health-related quality of life.
Sophie Gottschalk +3 more
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Effects of physical activities on obesity in the elderly: Systematic review survey [PDF]
Fizička Kultura, 2020 The aim of this systematic review was to determine, based on the summary of relevant literature, whether physical activity affects the obesity of the elderly. The sample of respondents were males and females, a total of 1110, older than 65 years.
Đorđević Dušan +3 more
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