A bone density test measures the strength and density of your bones as you approach menopause and, when the test is repeated sometime later, can help determine how quickly you are losing bone mass and ...

Diets higher in inflammatory foods were tied to an increased incidence of dementia in older adults, longitudinal data from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort showed.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence, clinical and laboratory characteristics and precipitating factors of diabetic ketoacidosis among emergency department patients in a tertiary-level teaching ...

Disability incidence was defined as new certification by the Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance system for 58 months. To compare the cumulative incidence of disability between adherent and non-adherent ...

High-density surface electromyography (EMG) decomposition provides a valuable non-invasive approach to accessing key motor unit information for a range of applications. This communication summarizes ...

Background/Aims Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main cause of visual impairment and blindness in Europe. A further increase in the number of affected persons is expected and current ...

Incidence of treatment discontinuation across different years The overall percentage of treatment discontinuation was calculated for each year of treatment initiation. The rates were similar across ...

It was a full house at Edmonton City Council Chambers on Monday, as Edmontonians voiced their opinions on increased housing density in Edmonton’s older neighbourhoods. Councillors are looking at ...

Data from population-based studies have shown an increased incidence of certain types of neoplasms in patients younger than 50 years (early-onset cancer [EOC]); however, little information is derived ...

Objectives To estimate the incidence, origins and avoidable harm of diagnostic errors in English general practice. Diagnostic errors were defined as missed opportunities to make a correct or timely ...

Prevalence, incidence and survival for heart failure varied widely across countries and studies, reflecting a range of study design. Heart failure remains a high prevalence disease among older adults ...

Objective The objective of this study was to characterise the incidence rates of herpes zoster (HZ), also known as shingles, and risk of complications across the world. Design We systematically ...