A CRISPR edit for heart disease: Not a universal panacea.
Published in Maturitas
"Re-booting" after retirement: Novel approach using telemedicine to solve the work-force gap in diabetes management.
Published in Maturitas
What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A re...
Published in Maturitas
This review considers how research into the impact of music on people with dementia has been conducted, with a focus on the means used to measure outcomes. Although there is a rapidly growing amount of research in this relatively new area, it has evolved largely independently within different fields, such as psychology, music therapy and nursing. U...
Non-pharmacological treatments for sleep disturbance in mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and ...
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No disease-modifying treatments for dementia are available. Sleep disturbance is strongly associated with cognitive impairment. Non-pharmacological treatments targeting sleep may offer an alternative therapeutic approach. We searched PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE and the Cochrane library for non-pharmacological treatments for sleep disturbance in mild cog...
Tech world and medicine come together to harness digital medicine.
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Inertial wearables as pragmatic tools in dementia.
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Dementia is a critically important issue due to its wide impact on health services as well as its personal and societal costs. Limitations exist for current dementia protocols, and there are calls to introduce modern technology that facilitates the addition of digital biomarkers to routine clinical practice. Wearable technology (wearables) are near...
Shoe design for older adults: Evidence from a systematic review on the elements of optimal footwear.
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Due to changes in foot morphology and the occurrence of foot deformities and foot pain with ageing, older people frequently wear ill-fitting shoes. This can lead to discomfort and reduced mobility. A review of the literature was performed in Medline, Scopus and Embase with three aims: (a) to evaluate the effects of shoes or shoe elements on the com...
Depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and subjective mental health in common musculoskeletal diseases: A review.
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Globally, musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs) and mental disorders are the leading causes of disability, but their mutual relationships have been little studied. The objective of the current review is to summarize the evidence on the relationships between depressive and anxiety disorders, subjective mental health and common MSDs in adults aged 45 years...
Long-term consequences of androgen insensitivity syndrome.
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Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is one of the most common sexual developmental disorders. According to the grade of the remaining androgen receptor (AR) function, AIS is classified as complete (CAIS), partial (PAIS) or mild (MAIS). In CAIS, the prevalence of germ cell tumours is increased compared with the general population. Although patient...
Identification of five frailty profiles in community-dwelling individuals aged 50-75: A latent class analysis of the SUC...
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We sought to identify frailty profiles in individuals aged 50-75 by considering frailty as an unobservable latent variable in a latent class analysis (LCA). 589 prospectively enrolled community-dwelling individuals aged 50-75 (median: 61.7 years) had undergone a standardized, multidomain assessment in 2010-2015. Adverse health outcomes (non-acciden...
