Senescence and senility are themes of growing interest, considering the inxrease of the elderly population in the wrold, particularly in Brazil. Health care for the edlery should value to maintain quality of life, considering the loss process particular of aging and the possiblities to prevent, maintenain and rehabilitate their health condition. Knowing the everyday lives of the elderly has bee...

Introduction THE fact that in the last few decades the proportion of the old and senile has been growing at an increasing rate and that this trend shows every likelihood of continuing has centred recent scientific interest on the psychological changes which take place in senility. As Dayton has shown (1940), Senile Dementia has now displaced Schizophrenia as the most common psychosis requiring ...

In the context of 'Do-not-resuscitate' (DNR) decisions, there is a lack of information in the UK on the opinions of patients and prospective patients. Written anonymous responses to questionnaires issued to 322 out-patient subjects showed that 97 per cent would opt for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in their current state of health. In the hypothetical circumstance of having advanced senil...

Kant’s Staatsrecht in his “Metaphysics of Morals” likely represents the sharpest analysis and critique democratic modernity after 1789. At same time, it provides a unique outlook on future modern representative democracy. This has gone largely unnoticed, with scholars often lamenting problematic nature late text, blamed either author’s supposed senility or inscrutable composition resulting from...

It is well known by many clinicians in the field of complementary and alternative medicine that vitamin B3 has numerous therapeutic indications. The many review articles, case reports, and books authored by Hoffer fully elucidate the known and theoretical benefits of vitamin B3 administration for the treatment of AIDS, alcoholism, arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular disease, childhood learning an...

Parkinson's begins when a certain class of brain cells begins to die, cells that produce a chemical called dopamine, which your body needs. Dopamine serves as a chemical messenger helping to control muscle activities. Loss of dopamine leads to the progressive loss of muscular control, giving rise to a variety of symptoms: stiffness, tremor, slow movement, difficulty with balance, difficulty wal...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the relationship between disease-specific mortality and high-level activities of daily living in the elderly. We examined whether mortality is associated with high-level activities of daily living in an octogenarian population. METHODS We conducted a population-based cross-sectional and prospective cohort study in 693 older persons aged 80 years and living in ...

Myiasis is a disease caused by infestation of fly larvae in human and other vertebrate tissues. It is a skin condition common in tropical and subtropical countries and its predisposing factors are: chronic diseases, immunodeficiency, poor hygiene, senility, psychiatric disorders, skin cancers and ulcerated mucosae. We report the case of a healthy patient who after traumatic injury of a preexist...

The study of mammalian growth is basic to the understanding of many biological processes ranging from ovulation to senility. It was with this comprehensive approach in mind that Dr. Cheek and his collaborators compiled a most excellent volume which is primarily a documentation of the work of many investigators pertaining to the physiology, biochemistry and psychology of growth in normal and abn...