Too young for gardening

Too much too young? In Nepal more a case of too little, too young.

Too much too young? In Nepal more a case of too little, too young Sally Sm ith Director Sakn ya HIV/ AIDS Preven tion Edu cation Un it, Un ited Mission s to Nepal (u n til 1999).

Thrombolysis: too old and too young.

Are you too young?

At a time when the value of performing aortic valve replacement surgery on elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS) was being questioned, we reported our findings of a formal decision analysis entitled “You’re Never Too Old” (1) that revealed survival benefit of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in symptomatic elderly AS patients. SAVR is currently widely accepted as a treatment of oth...

Prostate Cancer: How Young is too Young?

Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy in men. It is generally considered a cancer of the elderly, and the median age of presentation is 68 years. However 10% of new diagnoses in the USA occur in men aged ≤ 55 years. This may be due to more prevalent screening nowadays, and may also reflect the diagnosis of an increasingly recognized but underappreciated entity, i.e. early-...

When it Hurts: Too Young or Too Old

Background: Child and elder abuse and/or neglect have been a long standing healthcare topic. Family structure, socioeconomics, and developmental tasks often increase the burden for healthcare providers to identify abuse and neglect of the very young or elderly. These same factors often increase the risks for abuse or neglect. However, there are individual state laws requiring healthcare profess...