Sentences with phrase «elderly population with»

Does an indicated prevention programme reduce the development of major depression and anxiety in an elderly population with subthreshold symptoms?
The biggest is how it responds to an increasingly elderly population with far higher levels of chronic disease.
China, with it's one child per family policy will possess a massive elderly population with relatively few young people to sustain them.

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But with roughly 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day, the elderly population is growing so quickly that instances of financial fraud affecting the elderly are becoming ever more common.
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Major transfers to persons increased by $ 1.0 billion on a year - over - year basis, with virtually all of the increase attributable to higher elderly benefits, reflecting an increase in the eligible population base and in average monthly benefits, which are indexed to inflation.
The Rev. Kenneth Dupin, a Methodist minister in Salem, Virginia, might just revolutionize the way our country deals with its ever increasing elderly population.
Ready meals have experienced significant growth in Japan (over US$ 15 billion market size) largely due to their growing elderly population.43 Chilled and frozen ready meals are also seeing growth across Asia with the increasing reach of the cold chain and growing levels of refrigerator ownership in cities.
«Fifty percent of our population gets muscle cramps, with athletes, elderly, and outdoor workers being the most susceptible» — Nutritional Outlook; December 2015; Pickle Juice Makes a Splash in Functional Drinks
With just 13.3 percent of its population over 64, Jefferson had upstate's smallest elderly population.
Labour targets Corby, Croydon Central, Plymouth Moor View, Morley and Outwood, Derby North, Gower, Thurrock and Telford all have smaller Conservative majorities than the additional number of voters since 2015 - although in these seats, with much smaller student populations and in some cases many elderly voters, other factors are likely to play a far bigger role in determining the outcome.
Housing needs, such as affordable housing and housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the forums.
«With 80 per cent of breast cancers occurring in women over the age of 50 and a steadily increasing elderly population, the concerns raised in this report will only intensify over the coming years unless urgently addressed.»
Raising the retirement age might be sensible with an ageing population, but it is a gimmick unless age discrimination and inequality are seriously tackled; because if the rate of unemployment is high among the elderly then a raised retirement age simply defers the point where working age benefits are replaced by pension benefits.
The study by researchers in Italy and Switzerland predicts that although the actual number of deaths from all cancers in the European Union will continue to rise due to growing populations and numbers of elderly people, the rate of cancer deaths will continue to decline overall, with some notable exceptions: lung cancer in women and pancreatic cancer in both sexes.
Although the actual absolute numbers have increased when compared with 2009 (the year for which there are World Health Organization mortality data for most EU countries) due to the growing numbers of elderly people, the rate (age - standardised per 100,000 of the population) of people who die from the disease has declined from 148.3 male and 89.1 female deaths per 100,000 in 2009 to 138.1 deaths and 84.7 per 100,000 predicted for 2014.
A growing population of elderly people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia in China threatens to overwhelm the country's social support systems
Professor Kristina Akesson, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit at Lund University, Chair of the IOF Capture the Fracture Campaign, stated, «This study concludes that in the population sample of elderly women, vitamin D insufficiency sustained over 5 - years was associated with increased 10 - year risk of osteoporotic fracture.»
Insomnia is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders, with an estimated incident of 10 - 15 % in general population and 30 - 60 % in elderly population.
In Tokyo, still one of the world's largest cities with nearly 39 million people, chains of senior living facilities cater to a huge but active and healthy elderly population.
For example, nearly 3,000 heat - related deaths are expected annually among elderly populations in the United States and Canada by 2030, even with modest adaptation levels.
During extreme heat in India, the populations that were reported to perish in highest numbers were the very poor, elderly, outdoor laborers and homeless, likely with preexisting health problems and a lack of access to relief
However, the authors stress that «further clinical investigations will be essential to establish the optimal dose, duration and safety, and whether vitamin D2 or D3 have different effects on mortality risk, since the available trials are based on elderly populations in general (an age group with high competing risk of death often due to multiple co-existing disease conditions) and they do not typically include cause - specific deaths as the primary outcomes.»
Certain segments of the population, such as children, the elderly, and those with cardiopulmonary diseases are at higher risk of the health effects of pollution.
With the elderly segment of populations ballooning worldwide, the race to defeat that grim corollary of aging, Alzheimer's disease, is becoming all the more urgent.
Medicare and Medicaid are the nation's two largest public health insurance programs, serving the elderly, those with disabilities, and mostly lower - income populations.
Mexico, along with many other low - to middle - income countries, is experiencing a rapid aging of its population, and poverty among elderly residents there is far more prevalent than among the young.
«With increased access to this potentially life - saving treatment, we can continue to improve outcomes for the growing population of elderly patients fighting early stage cancer.»
On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.
Dr. Fredman's research focuses on associations between psychosocial factors and disease, with special attention to elderly populations.
The North Bay Fires affected air quality in the Central Valley and satellite images show it traveled more than 500 miles over the Pacific, reaching as far south as Mexico.19 In 2015, smoke from wildfires in central Canada resulted in multiple days of exceedances of EPA standards in Maryland.20 In 2002, wildfire smoke from fires in Quebec impacted populations all along the East Coast of the United States, and a nearly 50 percent increase in hospital admissions for respiratory diagnoses for the elderly was associated with the smoke plume and concurrent PM2.5 in counties in states between New York and Washington, DC.21
It is based on the scientific understanding and high - throughput analyses of human immune responses to disease - related proteins in selected populations including elderly with the capability to stay healthy during the aging process.
Among the 50 trials, 30 were primary prevention trials (general populations, smokers and workers exposed to asbestos, patients with oesophageal dysplasia, male physicians, patients with non-melanoma skin cancer, postmenopausal women, patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis, patients with end stage renal disease, ambulatory elderly women with vitamin D insufficiency, patients with chronic renal failure, older people with femoral neck fractures, patients with diabetes mellitus, elderly women with a low serum 25 - hydroxyvitamin D concentration, health professionals, people with a high fasting plasma total homocysteine concentration, or kidney transplant recipients), and 20 were secondary prevention trials (patients with cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, transient ischaemic attack, stroke, angiographically proved coronary atherosclerosis, vascular disease, or aortic valve stenosis).
Conclusions: Profiling of the MANOLIS elderly population identifies unique unhealthy dietary patterns that are associated with cardiometabolic indices.
From preschoolers to the elderly, Autumn Bolin McKelvey, MA, E-RYT, has led thousands through her various classes, workshops, seminars, and trainings, and she finds that in learning and teaching — be it yoga or writing — attitude, even more than technical skill, is everything.An advanced level certified yoga instructor and therapist and Ayurvedic counselor, she co-foundedIndie Yoga, which offers specialized yoga for distinct populations such as schools, seniors, people with disabilities, and more.In addition to teaching yoga and offering Ayurvedic consultations, Autumn teaches literature and writing.
On the other hand, research indicates that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with better brain function and less risk of dementia, especially in elderly populations.
That's like saying an elderly person with reduced food intake, constipation, osteoporosis and a weak digestive tract (my granny for example) is far healthier than the vast majority of the population.
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world today, and are the leading cause of impaired vision in New Zealand, with a large percentage of the elderly population exhibiting some signs of this eye lesion.
Considered in the higher - risk populations are elderly and people with darker colored skin.
It is my belief that the many papers I have presented make it clear that what we do every day with our patients in a very effective and predictable manner in relationship to reducing inflammation and optimizing insulin metabolism can have a major impact on the sometimes daunting rate of neurodegeneration that we are now seeing in elderly populations in this country.
Researchers estimate that 50 percent of the general population is at risk of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, and this percentage rises in higher - risk populations such as the elderly and those with darker skin
Vegetarians, pregnant and lactating women, patients with anorexia or protein - energy malnutrition, elderly people taking one or more prescription drugs and individuals with intestinal inflammation or any digestive disorder marked by persistent diarrhea are among the populations that may be at increased risk for zinc deficiency.
In a population - based cohort study in the Netherlands, high dietary intake of zinc as well as beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E was associated with reduced risk of AMD in elderly subjects [73].
Facts about vitamin B12 (cobalamin) show that in developed countries the number of people with low vitamin B12 is rampant not only among elderly people, vegans and vegetarians but actually among entire population including younger individuals or those who consume dairy and meat products on a regular basis.
This is in accord with the study Low protein intake is associated with a major reduction in IGF - 1, cancer, and overall mortality in the 65 and younger but not older population (2014), which found health benefits from consuming less than 10 % of from protein, except in the elderly, where adequate nutrition seems to require at least 10 %.
Also, detoxing is not recommended for any high - risk populations including the elderly, anyone with a chronic disease, pregnant women and children.
The factors responsible of this variation are population demographics (with more elderly living in countries with higher incidence rates) and the influence of ethnicity, latitude, and environmental factors....
There is a lot of data to shows that in elderly populations, those with higher intakes of protein have better health (lower morbidity, mortality, etc).
From a base of 1,000 elderly men and women, Bassey et al. (1989) showed that shoulder abduction decreased gradually and consistently with age and was about 25 % less in these elderly subjects compared with norms for a younger population.
Harvey Milk was more than just a galvanizer of SF's queer population; he was a committed activist, forging strong alliances with labor and speaking out for the elderly.
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