frailty of older age: the role of the endocrine -immune interaction The so-called demographic transition has changed the age structure of the population worldwide, with profound effects on societal organization. The growing number and percentage of old and very old people has compelled the scientifi...
The viral strains eventually get adapted to the host's immune systems. Pre-vaccination was found to be more effective approach. The transmission of virus also depends on the contact of people in a population. Since the viral strains are mutated and are getting adapted, it is difficult to ...
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It’s finding people with more similar interests to you, I guess. It’s quite hard to do that in real life sometimes… Especially in the lockdown as well, a lot of people couldn’t go outside. Ruth In contrast, one participant advocated that one’s sense of social connectedness on T...
In 1986, the WHO proposed that health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. To promote independent living for older adults in communities and mitigate the adverse effects of declining capacity on their health, the WHO launched the Global ...
, Improving the lives of children and young people: Case studies from Europe, Volume 1: Early years. World Health Organization. (Open in a new window)Google Scholar Pramling-Samulesson, I., Williams, P., Sheridan, S., & Hellman, A. (2015). Swedish preschool teachers’ ideas of the ...
Physical activity has been increasingly recognized by the general public as a healthy lifestyle, and to improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease and depression, the World Health Organization recommends at least 150 min of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week for people aged 18...
Breakthrough pain is common in patients with cancer and is a significant cause of morbidity in this group of patients. Breakthrough pain is a heterogeneous condition, and so its management needs to be individualised. This paper describes the management of breakthrough pain and, specifically, the ...
According to the latest updates from the World Health Organization (WHO), there are nearly 55 million dementia patients, with 10 million cases arising each year, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent type, affecting 60–70% of total dementia cases [1]. AD is a multifactorial...
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has precipitated a global pandemic with substantial long-term health implications, including the condition known as post-acute