A three year mortality study was undertaken of a population of 4490 people aged 65 and over in all types of hospitals and homes provided within a defined geographical area. The rate of survival consistently fell with increasing incapacity in mobility, incontinence, washing/dressing, and feeding. The effect was independent of differences in age, sex, and duration of stay. Differences in survival...

within 4 weeks [1] ; in another, the mean time from onset of symptoms to nadir was 9.7 ( 8 6.9) days (median time, 7 days) [2] . In an additional study from Japan [3] , the median time to nadir was 18.0 8 10.4 days for AIDP and 11.5 days 8 7.8 days for the acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) variant. The occurrence of GBS, in which maximal incapacity is reached within a day or Dear Sir, The cr...

Ideological health education of college students is very important to their healthy growth and psychological development. The main problems in the ideological health education of college students are the three aspects including delinquent students, psychological problems and fragility/incapacity. Our analytical result suggested that the three problems are very similar to the three especial diff...

There are a variety of assistance programs to replace lost earnings, some aimed at disability or illness, some aimed at low income families, and some at both. Federal disability benefits (Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)) receipt tends to be an all-absorbing state, with few recipients ever ending their benefits, but one that requires a difficult a...

myocardial performance, utilizing the isolated canine heart preparation, was studied in two groups: normal control dogs and those subjected to hemorrhagic shock. a marked deterioration in myocardial functional capacity was observed in the shock group. from this study, myocardial incapacity resulting from the period of acute hypotension is felt to be a contributing factor in the death of animals...

Across Britain as a whole, the number of non-employed adults working age in receipt incapacity-related benefits substantially exceeds claiming unemployment benefits. This article explores extent to which large incapacity claimants hides unemployment. Building on previous methods and evidence but deploying an updated methodology adjust for underlying differences health, finds that who might have...