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EXERCISE FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OSTEOPROSIS

This is a review of the role of exercise in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Any therapeutic effort to combat osteoporosis aims to prevent fractures by strengthening the muscles, increasing the density, bone size and strength, and relieving the

RheumaKnowledgy: The free online rheumatology textbook

Διαδικτυακός οδηγός για τα ρευματικά νοσήματα με ελεύθερη πρόσβαση που διαθέτει πληροφορίες για τη νοσολογία, τις διαγνωστικές μεθόδους και τη θεραπεία των ρευματικών νοσημάτων.

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Osteoporosis

Direction concerning: A. When patients should be measured for bone density (men and women)B. Assesment of measures of bone density – definitions. C. Coordinated laboratory health control checks ,D. Estimating the danger of breaks,E. Algorithmic determination of the need for

The prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers

The prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers constitute a more major clinical problem of great concern for healthprofessionals. Ulcers require increased nursing care, delay recovery, extend the duration of hospitalization, increase the cost of hospitalization and also increase mortality. The

Diabetes mellitus in older people: position statement on behalf of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG), the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People (EDWPOP), and the International Task Force of Experts in Diabe

A collaborative Expert Group of the IAGG and EDWPOP and an International Task Force have explored the key issues that affect diabetes in older people focusing on frailty, functional limitation and changes in mental health that characterize aged patients.

Characteristics of Seniors

The percentage and life expectancy of older people continues to increase relative to the total population in the 21st century. Managing the dynamically growing group of older people (60 or 65+ years) is different from those in the fourth (80

Developments in Essential Tremor

Tremor has been defined as a movement disorder characterized by involuntary, rhythmic, sinusoidal oscillationsof a part of the body. Although essential tremor (ΕΤ) has been considered as the most commonmovement disorder, it has largely remained a diagnosis of exclusion. The

Older patients with breast cancer: is there bias in the treatment they receive?

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in women worldwide and as breast cancer incidence increases with increasing age, over 40% of new cases are diagnosed in women older than 65 years of age. However, older patients are not