Rheumatoid Arthritis affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. Rheumatoid Arthritis
is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorder that involves peripheral joints in a symmetric distribution. The potential of the synovial inflammation to cause cartilage damage and bone erosions and subsequent changes in joint integrity is the feature of the disease. (more…)
Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain (MP) are among the most common musculoskeletal disorders from which older adults suffer. These dis ...
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, ...
Mounting evidence points to fibromyalgia as a heritable disorder. This evidence includes familial aggregation of fibromyalgia as we ...
Involuntary weight loss is the result of many chronic progressive diseases, often leading to diminished lean body mass, frailty, su ...
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) is the core daily personal care activities that are necessary in order for people to be able to l ...
In many instances, the symptoms listed below are the result of relatively minor disorders as elderly. However, they can also represent the early signs of serious chronic disease in older adults, and they should be investigated promptly by your doctor. (more…)
Visual impairment among elderly is now a major health care problem. We are living in aging population with 80% of blind people ...
It is estimated that about 6 million Americans over 65 suffer from depression in late life. The sad reality is that 10% are loo ...
Depression is not a monolithic disorder. Rather, it presents in a variety of syndromes that may vary in severity, length, and ass ...
Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain (MP) are among the most common musculoskeletal disorders from which older adults suffer. These dis ...
The majority of older adults who suffer from depression experience lower-level symptoms that do not meet diagnostic criteria fo ...
In elderly people there is a notable reduction in the capacity to produce new blood cells. Yet, unless there is substantial physiological stress, the number of circulating cells remains fairly constant. Quantitative deficiencies are only apparent when stress produces a demand that exceeds reserve proliferative capacity. Such a demand might occur during an acute infection or after cytotoxic chemotherapy. (more…)
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmun ...
In many instances, the symptoms listed below are the result of relatively minor disorders as elderly. However, they can also re ...
Dyskeratosis congenita is of special interest to gerontologists because it is caused by a mutation in the gene coding for the ...
The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in women approaches 43%, and age is an important correlate. The underlying etiology of sexual ...
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