Living Longer, With or Without Disability? A Global and Longitudinal Perspective

Living Longer! Living Happier?

Living with Physical Disability

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Fasting and diabetes from a local and global perspective- commentary

  Fasting is a common practice among people with diabetes (PWD). As healthcare providers we are in a position to assist those who choose to fast to manage their diabetes effectively. Diabetes self-management education for PWD is needed both prior and during the time of fasting to best metabolic control.  

Does living longer in good health facilitate longer working lives? The relationship between disability and working lives.

BACKGROUND Improvements in life expectancy have fuelled debates about the statutory retirement age in many European countries. This article contributes to this debate by investigating how changes in disability may influence both employment outcomes and disability-free life expectancy. METHODS We used data from the European Community Household Panel to estimate the impact of disability inciden...

Living with or without cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases.

Entry into, progression through, and exit from the G1 phase of the mammalian cell cycle in response to extracellular mitogenic cues are presumed to be governed by cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) regulated by the D-type and E-type cyclins. Studies performed over more than a decade have supported the view that these holoenzymes are important, if not required, for these processes. However, recent ...