Sentences with phrase «other older populations»

This study used a community sample of older adults who reported relatively secure financial circumstances, and the current findings may not necessarily generalize to other older populations or future cohorts.

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In isolation, old age security (OAS) and other elderly benefits, like the Guaranteed Income Supplement, are sustainable as Canada's population ages, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page.

California, with its population of more than 38 million people, is now «the new epicenter of the legal cannabis industry,» she said, adding, «As both the oldest medical cannabis state and the largest cannabis consumer population, sales in California are projected to dwarf those of any other market.

Other research has found that long term calorie restriction may improve memory in older populations.

Other factors driving rates lower — low nominal global growth, an older population, lower fixed income supply and the disinflationary pressure of technology — will likely remain in place.

(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.

Two thousand years later, the vast majority of the world's population has disregarded the belief that dragons roam the sea, Zeus, Poseidon, and most other ancient gods (as these people thousands of years ago believed), yet the world inexplicably still clings to the thousands - year - old myths of God and Jesus.

I've written about some of my experiences before — meeting a six - year - old forced to memorize and recite the Westminster Confession at dinnertime, nearly losing my faith over the notion that God created the majority of the human population for no other purpose but to suffer in hell for eternity, and encountering the famed «Jonathan Edwards is My Homeboy» T - shirt in the midst of the so - called «Calvinist resurgence.»

The situation is complicated by the arrival of other ethnic groups, which have displaced the older Anglo - Saxon population in numbers but not necessarily in influence.

Assyrian Christians are one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Middle East, but in recent years, the rise of ISIS and other militant groups have led to a steady population decrease.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

We must also note that the large majority of those who migrated from the Old World to the Thirteen Colonies did so from other than religious motives and that as late as A.D. i8oo less than one - tenth of the population of what by then had become the United States held membership in any of the churches.

There was a larger population of Jews scattered throughout the Roman Empire and its borders than lived in Jerusalem itself, almost as many as lived in the whole of Judea and Galilee and the other territories that constituted the old kingdom of Israel.

He had dealt with various areas such as agriculture, old soldiers, public health, war treaties, capitalism, capital punishment, coinage, communism, land, old age pensions, divorce, artificial insemination, slaughter houses, reformation of criminals, tramps money, over population and others.

He is planning to conduct a prescribed exercise intervention in a population of healthy older adults with genetic and other risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and to measure the impact on hippocampal volume and brain function.

By comparing these genomes to the genome of an older Neandertal from the Caucasus we show that Neandertal populations seem to have moved and replaced each other towards the end of their history,» says first author, Mateja Hajdinjak.

The team has used meta - analysis before to show that brain training is useful in other populations, such as healthy older adults and those with Parkinson's disease.

To make matters worse, U.S. companies often ship old equipment to poor nations whose landfills and incinerators are ill equipped, subjecting already struggling populations to lead, cadmium, beryllium, and other contaminants.

The likelier scenario is a population implosion marked by increasing numbers of older, healthier citizens, and more women in positions of power, a situation that could be beneficial for child rearing, philanthropy, diplomacy, and other aspects of our civilized life.

Meanwhile, rates of Type 2 diabetes in older adults are higher than other populations, as about 20 percent of Americans over the age of 65 suffer from the disease.

«Our target might be a population that was ineligible for the trial, such as older patients or patients with other concurrent diseases,» they write.

In Mexico, figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) indicate that in 2010 there was a population of 32.5 million children from 0 to 14 years old that, in relative terms, represent 29 percent of the total population of which at least three in 10 children have Stunted Growth syndrome, some cases are solved by correcting lifestyle habits as healthy eating, sleeping and physical activity, but others require specialized care.

«At the same time, as our population ages, we are seeing a significant rise in older patients with falls or other trauma,» Hsia said.

Therefore, other ways to help cure this disease are necessary as the US population gets older.

This indicates that these populations are the oldest, dating back some 250,000 years, and that northward migrations gave rise to the others over time, Culver adds.

The authors say game design elements — such as points, levels, and badges — and financial incentives may have contributed to the sustained use of the devices, but the results provide valuable insights for wellness programs, insurance companies, and other program designers who should consider testing new and more targeted engagement strategies to motivate older and lower - income populations.

«Our study population consisted of persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but it is likely that the risk is similar also in other older persons without Alzheimer's disease.

Yet, whereas others have demonstrated that smart wheelchairs can work, they have yet to make them affordable for the large population of users (2.7 million people age 15 and older in the U.S. alone).

«Results from our observational study in young adults with normal kidney function may not translate into a clinically meaningful difference and may be insufficient to inform decision - making concerning marijuana use; however, it is possible that the association between marijuana use and kidney function could be different in other populations such as older adults or patients with kidney disease, so additional research is needed,» said Dr. Ishida.

To test whether adipose tissue F4 / 80 + cells shared a common bone marrow origin with other tissue macrophage populations, we transplanted bone marrow from C57BL / 6J mice expressing the CD45.1 leukocyte marker into 6 - week - old lethally irradiated C57BL / 6J mice expressing the CD45.2 leukocyte marker.

Like others arbovirus (YFV, DENV, CHIKV) in this Kedougou region, ZIKV were found frequently at the end of the rainy season between September and December [2, 35], characterized by the existence of a very diversified mosquito fauna and an old population of vectors that have taken several blood meals and thus are more likely to be infected by contact with viremic hosts.

While there have been other surveys focused on the older population, «they have typically been based on convenience samples with low completion rates or clinical samples with unknown biases in representing the population at large,» Laumann said.

Other indicators of adiposity, such as body fat, also have been examined for mortality associations.26, 27 However, the independent association between body fat and mortality in the older population has not been adequately demonstrated.14, 27 Researchers speculate that the controversial association between adiposity and mortality in older individuals may be attributable to selective survival, cohort effects, or unadjusted confounding.41 We found that BMI or waist circumference, but not percent body fat, predicted overall mortality in adults at least 60 years old.

Macular degeneration is a leading cause of blindness among the older population of the USA and other developed countries.

What we discover about voluntary muscle strengthening is likely to be applicable to other patient populations or frail older adults who suffer muscle weakness.»

In other words, the yield increases are really due to the old method of selection or population breeding, which farmers have relied on since agriculture began.

The University of Chicago researchers said the increased risk of premature death among women older than 50 «emphasizes the importance of other life - threatening health conditions in later life of the DES population.»

Other research has found that long term calorie restriction may improve memory in older populations.

You didn't mention that one of the oldest, healthiest living populations on earth are vegetarian — Loma linda, and 4 or 5 other populations in the Blue Zones study inc Okinawa are almost 95 % vegetarian m m m.

Explore the health patterns of older adults and become skilled at educating others regarding the impact of diet and lifestyle in this population to make successful behavior changes.

For some it means working with specific populations (like kids, older folks, pregnancy, etc.), for others — specific conditions (cancer, addiction, hormonal issues, etc.), yet for others it means thinking outside the box and finding their own unique approach to spreading the message of yoga (like blogging about yoga or writing yoga mysteries).

The city is home to certain memorials, the national archives, a small population, and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside of England (the others are in Virginia and Maryland).

Catered towards a more older population, this dating site provides more selective daters to browse and connect with other like - minded singles.

«It also makes sense that older Americans were more likely to rate this quality much higher compared to younger Americans due to the stages of human development, aging process and the tendency for our elderly population to value companionship over other relationship qualities.»

Other notable documentary subjects include Jean - Michel Basquiat, who commands the downtown NYC scene of the late»70s and early»80s in Sara Driver's BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean - Michel Basquiat; and Jane Goodall, whose original expedition to contact a chimpanzee population is brought back to life via 50 - year - old National Geographic footage in Brett Morgen's Jane.

Watson, through the data, can identify that in some regions there is contaminated water, outbreaks of cholera by the contaminated water and no basic assistance, for example, or that due to their customs in these populations, the older brothers must remain in the care of the rest of the family, the elderly, and the other children.

[3] The old conventional wisdom may be intuitively appealing because aggregate disability rates — with no adjustments for family income or other student characteristics — are higher for students who are black (1.4 times) or Native American (1.7), and lower for whites (0.9) and Asians (0.5), with Hispanic students about as likely to be identified as the rest of the population.

As the white population was becoming older, other groups were capturing an ever - larger share of the student population.

In cities, people were concerned that the old ward systems couldn't absorb the growing populations of immigrants and others who were flooding into schools.

Overall, owners of e-reading devices were more likely than all Americans 16 and older to get recommendations from people they knew and bookstore staff, and were also more likely to get recommendations from online bookstores or other websites than the general population.