This study analyses the incidence of suicide among children and young people aged between 10 and 29 in Sweden, during the period 1974-1986. The study comprises 4,624 individuals whose deaths were the outcome of verified, E950-E959 (n = 3,511) and undetermined, E980-E989 (n = 1,113) suicides. Regression analysis of different age groups separately and all age groups combined shows that the freque...

hearing loss occurs in 80 to 90% of ACF residents (Worrall, Hickson & Dodd, 1993; Jee et al., 1995), compared to approximately 40 to 50% of older adults living in the community. In addition, those in ACFs are more complex in terms of audiological management as they have other serious co-occurring health conditions that complicate the rehabilitation process. The major relevant health conditions ...

61 One of the main objectives of gerontological medicine is to assist people reaching retirement age to age successfully. As defined by Rowe & Khan [1, 2], successful aging encompasses three distinct domains: avoidance of disease and disability; maintenance of high physical and cognitive function, and sustained engagement in social and productive activities. More studies are needed which contra...

A mixed male-female sample of 950 school-aged adolescents, corresponding to 10% of the young population aged 15-19 living in a rural district of Northeast Italy, was investigated with self-reported questionnaires about the links between social desirability and suicide ideation. On the whole 30.6% of females and 23.9% of males reported suicidal ideation of some degree, with 5% in both genders re...

OBJECTIVE To establish normative relations between measures of visual function and cardiovascular variables that are important for age-related disease, including various forms of glaucoma. METHODS Foveal flicker sensitivities, resting blood pressures and heart rates, and intraocular pressures were measured in 18 individuals aged 40 to 68 years. All subjects had 20/20 or better visual acuity i...

Corresponding author: Sungsik Park, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Samduk-2 ga, Joong-gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea. Tel: 82-53-420-5863, Fax: 82-53-426-2760, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.o...

Middle-aged people with a serum total cholesterol of more than 220 mg/dl at the latest health examination (n=197) at a chemical company were invited to join a health education program for 6 months. Participants meeting inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to an intervention (n=96) and a control group (n=92). Periodical interviews and blood tests were performed every 2 months for both group...

BACKGROUND A Polypill is proposed for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people judged to be at risk on account of their age alone. Its efficacy in reducing cholesterol and blood pressure is uncertain. METHODS We conducted a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial of a Polypill among individuals aged 50+ without a history of cardiovascular disease and compa...

OBJECTIVES To examine specific behaviors used by older adults while ascending and descending stairs and to assess the relationships between confidence and stair performance. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Center for Locomotion Studies, The Pennsylvania State University. PARTICIPANTS Sixteen male (mean age=82.7, range= 77-89) and 16 female (mean age=82.2, range=77-87) community-dwelling a...