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What can we expect of health in old age?
730 www.thelancet.com Vol 387 February 20, 2016 The longing for longevity without decrepitude is ancient. Homer tells us that to live out his days with Penelope, Odysseus rejected immortality. Later restored to family and kingdom, the gods’ further favour included being able to look forward to an unenfeebled old age. So how goes our longing now? Around the world, although life expectancy is inc...
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Media depictions of ageing have become polarised. On the one hand we have skydiving grannies, marathon running granddads, and national treasures such as Judi Dench and David Attenborough. And then we have “The Elderly”—hapless victims of neglect, passive recipients of care, burdens on public services, and part of a “grey tsunami.” Over the past few months, an avalanche of articles and books has...
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Obesity usually results from a combination of several modifiable and non-modifiable contributing factors, such as genetics, race, and socioeconomic status. Other factors, including birth by cesarean section, perinatal antibiotics usage, and promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for six months, could be potentially prevented or modulated. However, one of the factors can be easily implemented thro...
متن کاملRisk assessment - can we achieve consensus?
OBJECTIVE The object of this conference paper was to review and discuss caries risk assessment in general practice from the questions i) 'Why', ii) 'When', and iii) 'How'. METHOD Narrative review. RESULTS i) Patient caries risk assessment is the basic component in the decision-making process for adequate prevention and management of dental caries and for determination of individual recall i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Process Safety and Environmental Protection
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0957-5820
DOI: 10.1205/095758297528661