Healthy individuals living

Along with the social and economic challenges posed by an aging society, creating work conditions that allow persons to stay healthy and work into old age has become a major task of Western societies. Retaining employment after returning to work is particularly difficult for individuals with a disability, as evidenced by the high rate of premature labor market dropout.

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Cognitive impairment (CI) increases an individual’s risk of falls due to the role cognition plays in gait control. Older adults with dementia fall 2–3 times more than cognitively healthy older adults and 60–80% of people with dementia fall annually. Practitioners require evidence-based fall prevention best practices to reduce the risk of falls in cognitively impaired adults living in the community.

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To investigate whether the mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) rs1937 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is associated with longevity. Methods: We conducted a case-control study among Chinese long-lived individuals (≥90 years). Data were obtained on 3294 participants who were able to voluntarily provided a saliva sample during 2008–2009 from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS).

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To raise the effectiveness of interventions, clinicians should evaluate important biopsychosocial aspects of the patient’s situation. There is limited knowledge of which factors according to the International Classification of Function, Disability, and Health (ICF) are most deviant between patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and healthy individuals.

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Choosing the most useful and versatile way to solve one’s personal and social problems is one of the most important choices in individual life. The aim of this study was to compare the coping styles of people living with Human immunodefciency virus positive and negative.

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To determine the dissemination of Extended-Spectrum Beta- Lactamase producing Escherichia coli in healthy individuals in a rural community, in Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province, 2016. To identify microbiological characteristics of Extended- Spectrum Beta-Lactamase producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy individuals in a rural community, in Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province, 2016.

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The gut micro flora plays vital role in health status of the host. Human physiology and nutrition are greatly affected by the majority of microbes living in the gut. The most dominant phyla, making up to 90 percent of the total microbial population in humans are Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes followed by Actinobacteria Proteobacteria, Tenericutes, and Verrucomicrobia.

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Adolescence is a time of rapid physiological and psychological change of intensive readjustment to the family, school, work and social life and of preparation for adult roles. The term “adolescence” literally means “to emerge”, “to mature” or “achieve identity”. It is a significant phase of transition from childhood to adulthood, which is marked by physical changes accompanied by psychological changes. This is the time to make adolescents aware of and informed about various facets of life in order to promote a healthy way of living.

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Coos County has been labeled as one of the least healthy counties in Oregon. Coos County residents don’t live as long as the average Oregonian. Socio-economic factors here—especially poverty--contribute to poor health. However, the leading causes of early, preventable death in Coos County continue to be tobacco use, followed by diet, obesity and inactivity—individual behaviors that can be influenced by policy and system changes.

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K nowing body chemistry is important because people’s lives and health are important.To place this on a personal level, yotrr life and health are important.The reason I have devoted my life to the healing arts and teaching people how to live healthy lives is because I truly feel people-like you-are important. If you want to have a healthy life, you have to learn how to go about it. I have invested seventy years of my life learning how to take care of patients at my “live-in’’ health ranches, following what is called “the nature cure” phlosophy.

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Afar pastoralists live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part of the country, where there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems in Afar region. Lack of knowledge about TB could affect the health-seeking behaviour of patients and sustain the transmission of the disease within the community. In this study, we assessed the knowledge and perception of apparently healthy individuals about pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in pastoral communities of Afar.

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Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life (WHO definition). In particular, life skills are psychosocial competencies and interpersonal skills that help people make informed decisions, solve problems, think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, build healthy relationships, empathise with others, and cope with managing their lives in a healthy and productive manner.

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Healthy, active living benefits individuals and society in many ways. Positive associations have been found between increased levels of physical activity, good nutrition and physical fitness, and healthy body weight, psychological wellbeing, musculoskeletal health, cognition and readiness to learn. A healthy, active population enhances productivity, pro-social behaviours and personal satisfaction and has the potential to reduce the burden of chronic disease.

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As other populations of older adults (e.g. individuals with Parkinson disease or other ailments or people in assisted living arrangements) may be more difficult to study,we chose a population of healthy high-functioning individuals for our first attempt to study decision making in the elderly. Each subject completed an individually administered interview, involving a written questionnaire and several interactive tasks. On average, subjects of both populations took 50 min to complete the interview. For all areas of the investigation involving monetary rewards, real cash was used.

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Among those above age 70, the average number of diseases that each person reports has increased in recent years (17). This increase is because people have survived a number of diseases that once would have been fatal, and they have lived to acquire additional conditions, both potentially fatal and nonfatal, such as arthritis. Thus, older people have more diseases, but less disability, than in the past.

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Studies have consistently shown that birthweight decreases steadily with decreasing social status. 25 Figure 1 shows this decrease in birthweight between the most privileged and the most deprived socio-economic groups among babies born in 2000 enrolled in the UK Millenium Cohort Study. Mothers living in the most privileged socio-economic group had an average birthweight 200gm heavier than those living in the most disadvantages households (workless households).

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I wanted to write this report to you for quite some time, it ended up taking much longer than I anticipated getting it to you, as I kept on refining the way I wanted to write, and deliver it to you. The reason for that is… The information you will read in this report has the power to absolutely transform your life in a way you have never imagined, or conceived possible. It has helped turn terminal patients(people labeled “soon to be dead” with no hope) into lively, thriving, and healthy individuals. It has cured cancer, arthritis, brittle bone disease,...

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Every human being on this planet must deal, in one way or another, with unexpected events that disrupt their lifestyle. Unfortunately, most of us come to learn this fact after our lives have been disrupted many times! From the guy that doesn’t own one worldly possession to the most wealthy of individuals, the possibility of loss always exists. The health and life of people is the most basic asset, an asset which millions of people across the world try to protect. Either by trying to stay healthy and out of harms way through being fit, working out...

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