BACKGROUND To analyse and compare the impact of cardiovascular risk factors and disease on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people with and without diabetes living in the community. METHODS We used data of 1,905 people with diabetes and 19,031 people without diabetes from the last Spanish National Health Survey (years 2011-2012). The HRQoL instrument used was the EuroQol 5D-5L, based...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To compare treatment protocol adherence, satisfaction, and perceived changes in emotional and functional status between patients with lymphedema with and without cancer using the home-based Flexitouch (Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.) system for lymphedema self-care. DESIGN Quasi-experimental, pre- and post-test design. SETTING Private homes in the continental United Sta...

introduction:childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. the prevalence of  childhood obesity has increased over few years. it is caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized. one or more factors (genetic, behavioral, and environmental) cause obesity in children. physical, psychological, and social health problems are caused due to child...

Valvular diseases are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and impaired quality life in all over the world with different epidemiology. It is extremely important to know hemodynamic changes for proper development strategy future interventions. The recent years shows progress various methodologies field surgery interventional treatments valvular diseases. In this section, we focus mainly on a...

Mammalian physiology has a complex networked system which is called the nervous system. Nerve cells can undergo degeneration due to injury and stress. Regeneration difficult process, axonal regeneration may succeed or not. Metabolic changes lead development of many diseases including neurodegenerative diseases. Survival metabolically impaired state nerve referred as metabolic reprogramming in p...