Alzheimer’s disease, a major source of dementia and memory loss ill the elderly, is caused by the accumulation of protein plaques which choke neurons in the brain. Some infectious diseases can also develop into a mental illness. Untreated HIV infection can cause dementia, as can the ...
Discussion To our knowledge, DemNCD is the first attempt to develop a risk tool based on a common set of predictors for dementia, stroke, MI, and diabetes that is suitable for use in routine clinical practice. The DemNCD focuses on relatively short term prediction and hence can be used as...
The annual economic burden of the most common chronic diseases on the US economy is estimated at $US1.3 trillion in a study conducted by the Milken Institute. The loss in productivity alone due to cancer, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart disease, pulmonary conditions and mental health have...
aOnychomycosis is the most common of all diseases of the nails in adults. In North America, the incidence falls roughly between 2-13%. The incidence of onychomycosis is also greater in older adults, and up to 90% of the elderly may be affected. Men are more commonly infected than women....
- 《Sexually Transmitted Diseases》 被引量: 0发表: 2019年 Sex differences in forearm vasoconstrictor response to voluntary apnea Clinical evidence indicates that obstructive sleep apnea is more common and more severe in men compared with women. Sex differences in the vasoconstrictor ... HM Patel,...
Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the credibility of the health websites on the most prevalent chronic diseases of the elderly. Methods The terms "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease", "Alzheimer's", "Ischemic heart disease", and "Stroke" were searched using the three popular search engines....
a帕金森病是老年人中第四位最常见的神经变性疾病,在≥65岁人群中,1%患有此病;在>40岁人群中则为0.4%. Parkinson sickness is in the senior citizen fourth most common nerve denatured disease, in ≥65 the year old crowd, 1% contracts this sickness; In the >40 year old crowd is 0.4%.[translate...
annually, and it is estimated to contribute to half of all suicides. Up to 10 percent of people experience at least one major depressive episode during their adult life. Depression affects people of all races, incomes, and ages, but it is more common in elderly people than in young people...
Little kids and the elderly are the ones who have suffered the most from this extreme heat wave. 2017年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文 Long before most of us even noticed what we now call "the environment," Buckminster Fuller said, "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting....
Reasons for low uptake of screening tests included lack of awareness ("What is colorectal cancer?" and "I don't think a lot of Natives get that type of cancer, do they?"), elderly avoidance of medical care ("even when I'm ... K Napit,K Ratnapradipa,LB Luma,... - 《Cancer Epid...