Given an increase in the aging population and its impact on healthcare systems, policy makers for provision of health and social services are aiming to keep older adults in good health for longer, in other words towards ‘healthy aging’. Our study objec
P2 is a 36-year-old man and first cousin of P1. At the age of 18 years, he presented with left pulmonary TB with pleural effusion, which was treated for 6 months with HRZE. Then, 8 months later, he was hospitalized due to a relapse of TB. No other unusual infections were rep...
Last year on my 60th birthday, perhaps naively, I sat down to figure out if there was anything I could do to increase my odds for a healthy happy rest of my life. My parents hadn't fared so well after they hit 60. "Judging by my parents--that last quarter of life doesn't look...
Two weeks ago, while I was stair-climbing on a Mediterranean cruise ship, I heard the inspiring story of 73-year old Sandy Palais via an NPR podcast, "Seniors Can Still Bulk Up on Muscle By Pressing Iron". If Sandy's experience doesn't inspire you--I don't know what will! After li...
year of life [78] and possibly contribute to infant infection burden. Diet also represents a strong selective pressure on the microbiome [71,90] and breast-feeding (as the first diet) favors certain microbial clades from among the initial microbiota that may have assembled at random. For ...
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Ministry of 711 Health, Welfare and Sport (RIVM): Bilthoven. Rosier BT, de Jager M, Zaura E, Krom BP. (2014). Historical and contemporary hypotheses on the development of oral diseases: are we there yet? Front Cell Infect Microbiol...
The primary outcome is rate of change in cognitive performance, as measured by latent variables for the cognitive constructs (encompassing Reasoning, Working Memory, Short-term Memory, Retrieval Fluency, Inhibition, Simple and Choice-Reaction Time, Perceptual Speed, Odd-man-out Reaction Time, Speed ...
However, in metabolically unhealthy participants, the estimate for the relationship between elevated baPWV and BMI was nonsignificant. Conclusions The MUNO phenotype exhibits increased arterial stiffness and 10-year CVD risk. However, BMI is positively and dose-dependently correlated with arterial stiffness...
December 31, 2010--Ending the Year Right--With Good Friends, Good Food, Good Music & Dancing Last year on my 60th birthday, perhaps naively, I sat down to figure out if there was anything I could do to increase my odds for a healthy happy rest of my life. My parents hadn't fared...
Time to focus on the big picture (weight loss, BP-lowering, diabetes reversal, inflammation-reduction) when it comes to heart disease prevention--not one single lipid number! Treating risk, not LDL cholesterol: Open letter | theheart.org In focusing on patient risk, rather than LDL-...