AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the quality of life and related factors among older people who are in pain and in need of help to manage daily living. BACKGROUND To intervene against the low quality of life in nursing care knowledge about factors affecting it is needed and this is especially important for vulnerable people such as those who suffer from pain and who...

On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published final regulations making important changes to requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The final regulations are the result of a rulemaking process that has taken over two years and implement changes made in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Cl...

* Mr. Cohen is Director, Division of Research and Statistics, Office of Commissioner: Mr. Ball is Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance; and Mr. Myers is Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration. The Eighty-third Congress enacted a m e n d m e n t s to the Social Security Act that make significant improvements in the old-age and survivors insurance program ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To review the literature on neck recurrence in esthesioneuroblastoma. STUDY DESIGN PubMed database. METHODS A PubMed database search was performed using keywords "esthesioneuroblastoma," "olfactory neuroblastoma," and "esthesioneuroblastoma neck metastasis." Articles written in English with greater than 10 subjects that had data regarding the association of neck recurr...

A sample of 2569 persons (1190 m, 1379 f) from Niamey (population 329,000), Niger, showed a giardiasis prevalence of 28.5%. The prevalence was similar between males and females and highest in the age range 3-29 years.

Background: Despite the irreplaceable role of cyberspace in the behaviors of modern society and the importance of observing ethics in it, so far no research has been presented to build a model of practical ethics in this space. The present study examines how ethical laws are enacted in cyberspace. Conclusion: By descriptive analysis of the concept of ethics in cyberspace, the perception is tha...